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