| 1 | 1 | | 83R26668 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lavender, Farias H.B. No. 1052 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1052: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Clardy C.S.H.B. No. 1052 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the automatic admission to a public institution of |
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| 10 | 10 | | higher education of a child of a person who was killed or sustained |
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| 11 | 11 | | a fatal injury in the line of duty in the United States armed |
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| 12 | 12 | | forces. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.803(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (e) Each institution of higher education shall admit an |
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| 17 | 17 | | applicant for admission to the institution as an undergraduate |
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| 18 | 18 | | student if the applicant: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) is the child of: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) a public servant listed in Section 615.003, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Government Code, who was killed or sustained a fatal injury in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | line of duty; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) a member of the armed forces of the United |
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| 24 | 24 | | States, including the National Guard, who was killed or sustained a |
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| 25 | 25 | | fatal injury in the line of duty; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) meets the minimum requirements, if any, |
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| 27 | 27 | | established for purposes of this subsection by the governing board |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the institution for high school or prior college-level grade |
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| 29 | 29 | | point average and performance on standardized tests. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 51.803(e), Education Code, applies beginning with admissions to |
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| 32 | 32 | | institutions of higher education for the 2014-2015 academic year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Admissions to an institution before that academic year are governed |
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| 34 | 34 | | by the law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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| 35 | 35 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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