| 16 | | - | SECTION 1. Sections 51.803(a-1), (a-2), and (a-6), |
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| 17 | | - | Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | | - | (a-1) Beginning with admissions for the 2021-2022 |
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| 19 | | - | [2011-2012] academic year, a general academic teaching institution |
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| 20 | | - | [The University of Texas at Austin] is not required to offer |
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| 21 | | - | admission to applicants who qualify for automatic admission under |
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| 22 | | - | Subsection (a) in excess of the number required to fill 30 [75] |
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| 23 | | - | percent of the institution's [university's] enrollment capacity |
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| 24 | | - | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students in an |
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| 25 | | - | academic year. If the number of applicants who qualify for |
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| 26 | | - | automatic admission to the institution [The University of Texas at |
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| 27 | | - | Austin] under Subsection (a) for an academic year exceeds 30 [75] |
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| 28 | | - | percent of the institution's [university's] enrollment capacity |
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| 29 | | - | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students for that |
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| 30 | | - | academic year, the institution [university] may elect to offer |
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| 31 | | - | admission to those applicants as provided by this subsection and |
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| 32 | | - | not as otherwise required by Subsection (a). If the institution |
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| 33 | | - | [university] elects to offer admission under this subsection, the |
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| 34 | | - | institution [university] shall offer admission to those applicants |
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| 35 | | - | by percentile rank according to high school graduating class |
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| 36 | | - | standing based on grade point average, beginning with the top |
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| 37 | | - | percentile rank, until the applicants qualified under Subsection |
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| 38 | | - | (a) have been offered admission in the number estimated in good |
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| 39 | | - | faith by the institution [university] as sufficient to fill 30 [75] |
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| 40 | | - | percent of the institution's [university's] enrollment capacity |
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| 41 | | - | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students, except |
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| 42 | | - | that the institution [university] must offer admission to all |
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| 43 | | - | applicants with the same percentile rank. After the applicants |
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| 44 | | - | qualified for automatic admission under Subsection (a) have been |
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| 45 | | - | offered admission under this subsection in the number estimated in |
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| 46 | | - | good faith as sufficient to fill at least 30 [75] percent of the |
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| 47 | | - | designated enrollment capacity described by this subsection, the |
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| 48 | | - | institution [university] shall consider any remaining applicants |
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| 49 | | - | qualified for automatic admission under Subsection (a) in the same |
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| 50 | | - | manner as other applicants for admission as first-time |
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| 51 | | - | undergraduate students in accordance with Section 51.805. |
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| 52 | | - | (a-2) If the number of applicants who apply to a general |
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| 53 | | - | academic teaching institution during the current academic year for |
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| 54 | | - | admission in the next academic year and who qualify for automatic |
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| 55 | | - | admission to a general academic teaching institution under |
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| 56 | | - | Subsection (a) exceeds 30 [75] percent of the institution's |
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| 57 | | - | enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident |
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| 58 | | - | undergraduate students for that next academic year and the |
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| 59 | | - | institution plans to offer admission under Subsection (a-1) during |
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| 60 | | - | the next school year, the institution shall, in the manner |
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| 61 | | - | prescribed by the Texas Education Agency and not later than |
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| 62 | | - | September 15, provide to each school district, for dissemination of |
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| 63 | | - | the information to high school junior-level students and their |
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| 64 | | - | parents, notice of which percentile ranks of high school |
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| 65 | | - | senior-level students who qualify for automatic admission under |
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| 66 | | - | Subsection (a) are anticipated by the institution to be offered |
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| 67 | | - | admission under Subsection (a-1) during the next school year. |
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| 68 | | - | (a-6) Not later than December 31 of each academic year in |
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| 69 | | - | which a general academic teaching institution [The University of |
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| 70 | | - | Texas at Austin] offers admission under Subsection (a-1), the |
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| 71 | | - | institution [university] shall deliver a written report to the |
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| 72 | | - | governor, the lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of |
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| 73 | | - | representatives regarding the institution's [university's] |
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| 74 | | - | progress in each of the following matters: |
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| 75 | | - | (1) increasing geographic diversity of the entering |
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| 76 | | - | freshman class; |
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| 77 | | - | (2) counseling and outreach efforts aimed at students |
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| 78 | | - | qualified for automatic admission under this section; |
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| 79 | | - | (3) recruiting Texas residents who graduate from other |
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| 80 | | - | institutions of higher education to the institution's |
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| 81 | | - | [university's] graduate and professional degree programs; |
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| 82 | | - | (4) recruiting students who are members of |
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| 83 | | - | underrepresented demographic segments of the state's population; |
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| 84 | | - | and |
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| 85 | | - | (5) assessing and improving the institution's |
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| 86 | | - | [university's] regional recruitment efforts [centers]. |
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| 87 | | - | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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| 88 | | - | beginning with admissions to a general academic teaching |
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| 89 | | - | institution for the 2021-2022 academic year. Admissions to a |
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| 90 | | - | general academic teaching institution for an academic period before |
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| 91 | | - | that academic year are governed by the law in effect immediately |
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| 92 | | - | before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is |
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| 93 | | - | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 94 | | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 95 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 11 | + | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.805, Education Code, |
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| 12 | + | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | + | Sec. 51.805. ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION; FACTORS |
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| 14 | + | CONSIDERED IN [OTHER] ADMISSIONS. |
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| 15 | + | SECTION 2. Section 51.805, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | + | amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and |
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| 17 | + | (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | + | (a) A graduating high school student [who does not qualify |
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| 19 | + | for admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804] may apply to any |
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| 20 | + | general academic teaching institution if the student: |
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| 21 | + | (1) successfully completed: |
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| 22 | + | (A) at a public high school, the curriculum |
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| 23 | + | requirements established under Section 28.025 for the foundation |
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| 24 | + | high school program; or |
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| 25 | + | (B) at a high school to which Section 28.025 does |
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| 26 | + | not apply, a curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to |
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| 27 | + | the foundation high school program; or |
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| 28 | + | (2) satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks on |
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| 29 | + | the ACT assessment applicable to the applicant or earned on the SAT |
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| 30 | + | assessment a score of at least 1,500 out of 2,400 or the equivalent. |
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| 31 | + | (a-1) A student who does not satisfy the curriculum |
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| 32 | + | requirements prescribed by Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B) is |
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| 33 | + | considered to have satisfied those requirements if the student |
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| 34 | + | completed the portion of the foundation high school program |
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| 35 | + | curriculum or of the curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as |
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| 36 | + | applicable, that was available to the student but was unable to |
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| 37 | + | complete the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses |
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| 38 | + | necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the student |
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| 39 | + | at the appropriate times in the student's high school career as a |
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| 40 | + | result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment capacity, or |
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| 41 | + | another cause not within the student's control. |
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| 42 | + | (a-2) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1)(A), a student's |
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| 43 | + | official transcript or diploma must, not later than the end of the |
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| 44 | + | student's junior year, indicate: |
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| 45 | + | (1) whether the student has satisfied or is on |
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| 46 | + | schedule to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(1)(A) or |
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| 47 | + | (B), as applicable; or |
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| 48 | + | (2) if Subsection (a-1) applies to the student, |
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| 49 | + | whether the student has completed the portion of the foundation |
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| 50 | + | high school program curriculum or of the curriculum equivalent in |
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| 51 | + | content and rigor, as applicable, that was available to the |
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| 52 | + | student. |
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| 53 | + | (b) [The general academic teaching institution, after |
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| 54 | + | admitting students under Sections 51.803 and 51.804, shall admit |
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| 55 | + | other applicants for admission as undergraduate students.] It is |
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| 56 | + | the intent of the legislature that all institutions of higher |
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| 57 | + | education pursue academic excellence by considering students' |
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| 58 | + | academic achievements in decisions related to admissions. Because |
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| 59 | + | of changing demographic trends, diversity, and population |
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| 60 | + | increases in the state, each general academic teaching institution |
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| 61 | + | shall also consider all of, any of, or a combination of the |
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| 62 | + | following socioeconomic indicators or factors in making first-time |
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| 63 | + | freshman admissions decisions: |
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| 64 | + | (1) the applicant's academic record; |
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| 65 | + | (2) the socioeconomic background of the applicant, |
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| 66 | + | including the percentage by which the applicant's family is above |
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| 67 | + | or below any recognized measure of poverty, the applicant's |
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| 68 | + | household income, and the applicant's parents' level of education; |
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| 69 | + | (3) whether the applicant would be the first |
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| 70 | + | generation of the applicant's family to attend or graduate from an |
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| 71 | + | institution of higher education; |
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| 72 | + | (4) whether the applicant has bilingual proficiency; |
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| 73 | + | (5) the financial status of the applicant's school |
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| 74 | + | district; |
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| 75 | + | (6) the performance level of the applicant's school as |
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| 76 | + | determined by the school accountability criteria used by the Texas |
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| 77 | + | Education Agency; |
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| 78 | + | (7) the applicant's responsibilities while attending |
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| 79 | + | school, including whether the applicant has been employed, whether |
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| 80 | + | the applicant has helped to raise children, or other similar |
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| 81 | + | factors; |
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| 82 | + | (8) the applicant's region of residence; |
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| 83 | + | (9) whether the applicant is a resident of a rural or |
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| 84 | + | urban area or a resident of a central city or suburban area in the |
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| 85 | + | state; |
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| 86 | + | (10) the applicant's performance on standardized |
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| 87 | + | tests; |
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| 88 | + | (11) the applicant's performance on standardized tests |
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| 89 | + | in comparison with that of other students from similar |
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| 90 | + | socioeconomic backgrounds; |
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| 91 | + | (12) whether the applicant attended any school while |
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| 92 | + | the school was under a court-ordered desegregation plan; |
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| 93 | + | (13) the applicant's involvement in community |
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| 94 | + | activities; |
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| 95 | + | (14) the applicant's extracurricular activities; |
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| 96 | + | (15) the applicant's commitment to a particular field |
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| 97 | + | of study; |
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| 98 | + | (16) the applicant's personal interview; |
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| 99 | + | (17) the applicant's admission to a comparable |
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| 100 | + | accredited out-of-state institution; and |
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| 101 | + | (18) any other consideration the institution |
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| 102 | + | considers necessary to accomplish the institution's stated |
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| 103 | + | mission. |
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| 104 | + | SECTION 3. Section 28.026, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 105 | + | read as follows: |
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| 106 | + | Sec. 28.026. NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR [AUTOMATIC COLLEGE |
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| 107 | + | ADMISSION AND] FINANCIAL AID. (a) The board of trustees of a |
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| 108 | + | school district and the governing body of each open-enrollment |
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| 109 | + | charter school that provides a high school shall require each high |
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| 110 | + | school in the district or provided by the charter school, as |
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| 111 | + | applicable, to post appropriate signs in each school counselor's |
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| 112 | + | office, in each principal's office, and in each administrative |
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| 113 | + | building [indicating the substance of Section 51.803 regarding |
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| 114 | + | automatic college admission and] stating the curriculum |
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| 115 | + | requirements for financial aid authorized under Title 3. To assist |
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| 116 | + | in the dissemination of that information, the district or charter |
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| 117 | + | school shall: |
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| 118 | + | (1) require that each school counselor and class |
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| 119 | + | advisor at a high school be provided a detailed explanation of [the |
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| 120 | + | substance of Section 51.803 and] the curriculum requirements for |
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| 121 | + | financial aid authorized under Title 3; and |
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| 122 | + | (2) provide each district or school student, at the |
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| 123 | + | time the student first registers for one or more classes required |
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| 124 | + | for high school graduation, with a written notification, including |
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| 125 | + | a detailed explanation in plain language, of the [substance of |
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| 126 | + | Section 51.803, the] curriculum requirements for financial aid |
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| 127 | + | authorized under Title 3[,] and the benefits of completing the |
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| 128 | + | requirements for that [automatic admission and] financial aid[; |
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| 129 | + | [(3) require that each school counselor and senior |
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| 130 | + | class advisor at a high school explain to eligible students the |
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| 131 | + | substance of Section 51.803; and |
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| 132 | + | [(4) not later than the 14th day after the last day of |
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| 133 | + | classes for the fall semester or an equivalent date in the case of a |
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| 134 | + | school operated on a year-round system under Section 25.084, |
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| 135 | + | provide each senior student eligible under Section 51.803 and each |
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| 136 | + | student enrolled in the junior year of high school who has a grade |
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| 137 | + | point average in the top 10 percent of the student's high school |
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| 138 | + | class, and the student's parent or guardian, with a written |
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| 139 | + | notification of the student's eligibility with a detailed |
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| 140 | + | explanation in plain language of the substance of Section 51.803]. |
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| 141 | + | (b) The commissioner shall adopt forms, including specific |
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| 142 | + | language, to use in providing notice under Subsection [Subsections] |
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| 143 | + | (a)(2) [and (4)]. In providing that notice [under Subsection |
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| 144 | + | (a)(2) or (4)], a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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| 145 | + | shall use the appropriate form adopted by the commissioner. The |
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| 146 | + | notice [to a student and the student's parent or guardian under |
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| 147 | + | Subsections (a)(2) and (4)] must be on a single form that contains |
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| 148 | + | signature lines to indicate receipt of notice by the student and |
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| 149 | + | [the student's parent or guardian. The notice under Subsection |
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| 150 | + | (a)(2) must] be signed by the student's counselor in addition to |
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| 151 | + | being signed by the student [and the student's parent or guardian]. |
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| 152 | + | SECTION 4. Section 29.911(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 153 | + | read as follows: |
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| 154 | + | (b) During the designated week, each middle school, junior |
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| 155 | + | high school, and high school shall provide students with |
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| 156 | + | comprehensive grade-appropriate information regarding the pursuit |
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| 157 | + | of higher education. The information provided must include |
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| 158 | + | information regarding: |
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| 159 | + | (1) higher education options available to students; |
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| 160 | + | (2) standard admission requirements for institutions |
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| 161 | + | of higher education, including: |
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| 162 | + | (A) overall high school grade point average; |
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| 163 | + | (B) required curriculum; |
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| 164 | + | (C) college readiness standards and expectations |
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| 165 | + | as determined under Section 28.008; and |
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| 166 | + | (D) scores necessary on generally recognized |
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| 167 | + | tests or assessment instruments used in admissions determinations, |
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| 168 | + | including the Scholastic Assessment Test and the American College |
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| 169 | + | Test; and |
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| 170 | + | (3) [automatic admission of certain students to |
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| 171 | + | general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section |
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| 172 | + | 51.803; and |
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| 173 | + | [(4)] financial aid availability and requirements, |
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| 174 | + | including the financial aid information provided by school |
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| 175 | + | counselors under Section 33.007(b). |
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| 176 | + | SECTION 5. Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 177 | + | read as follows: |
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| 178 | + | (b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a |
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| 179 | + | high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment |
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| 180 | + | charter school, and again during each year of a student's |
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| 181 | + | enrollment in high school or at the high school level, a school |
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| 182 | + | counselor shall provide information about postsecondary education |
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| 183 | + | to the student and the student's parent or guardian. The |
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| 184 | + | information must include information regarding: |
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| 185 | + | (1) the importance of postsecondary education; |
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| 186 | + | (2) the advantages of earning an endorsement and a |
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| 187 | + | performance acknowledgment and completing the distinguished level |
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| 188 | + | of achievement under the foundation high school program under |
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| 189 | + | Section 28.025; |
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| 190 | + | (3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for |
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| 191 | + | a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of |
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| 192 | + | taking courses leading to a high school diploma; |
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| 193 | + | (4) financial aid eligibility; |
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| 194 | + | (5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial |
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| 195 | + | aid; |
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| 196 | + | (6) the center for financial aid information |
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| 197 | + | established under Section 61.0776; |
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| 198 | + | (7) [the automatic admission of certain students to |
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| 199 | + | general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section |
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| 200 | + | 51.803; |
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| 201 | + | [(8)] the eligibility and academic performance |
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| 202 | + | requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M, |
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| 203 | + | Chapter 56; and |
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| 204 | + | (8) [(9)] the availability of programs in the district |
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| 205 | + | under which a student may earn college credit, including advanced |
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| 206 | + | placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and |
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| 207 | + | college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs. |
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| 208 | + | SECTION 6. Section 33.009(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 209 | + | read as follows: |
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| 210 | + | (d) An academy developed under this section must provide |
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| 211 | + | counselors and other postsecondary advisors with knowledge and |
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| 212 | + | skills to provide counseling to students regarding postsecondary |
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| 213 | + | success and productive career planning and must include information |
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| 214 | + | relating to: |
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| 215 | + | (1) each endorsement described by Section |
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| 216 | + | 28.025(c-1), including: |
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| 217 | + | (A) the course requirements for each |
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| 218 | + | endorsement; and |
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| 219 | + | (B) the postsecondary educational and career |
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| 220 | + | opportunities associated with each endorsement; |
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| 221 | + | (2) available methods for a student to earn credit for |
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| 222 | + | a course not offered at the school in which the student is enrolled, |
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| 223 | + | including enrollment in an electronic course provided through the |
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| 224 | + | state virtual school network under Chapter 30A; |
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| 225 | + | (3) general academic performance requirements for |
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| 226 | + | admission to an institution of higher education[, including the |
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| 227 | + | requirements for automatic admission to a general academic teaching |
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| 228 | + | institution under Section 51.803]; |
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| 229 | + | (4) regional workforce needs, including information |
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| 230 | + | about the required education and the average wage or salary for |
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| 231 | + | careers that meet those workforce needs; and |
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| 232 | + | (5) effective strategies for engaging students and |
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| 233 | + | parents in planning for postsecondary education and potential |
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| 234 | + | careers, including participation in mentorships and business |
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| 235 | + | partnerships. |
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| 236 | + | SECTION 7. Section 39.0232(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 237 | + | to read as follows: |
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| 238 | + | (b) A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment |
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| 239 | + | instrument may not be used: |
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| 240 | + | (1) in determining the student's class ranking for any |
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| 241 | + | purpose[, including entitlement to automatic college admission |
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| 242 | + | under Section 51.803 or 51.804]; or |
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| 243 | + | (2) as a sole criterion in the determination of |
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| 244 | + | whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching |
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| 245 | + | institution in this state. |
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| 246 | + | SECTION 8. Section 51.4032, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 247 | + | read as follows: |
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| 248 | + | Sec. 51.4032. ANNUAL REPORT OF PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER |
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| 249 | + | EDUCATION. Not later than December 1 of each year and in the form |
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| 250 | + | prescribed by the coordinating board, each general academic |
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| 251 | + | teaching institution and medical and dental unit as defined |
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| 252 | + | in Section 61.003 shall provide to the Texas Higher Education |
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| 253 | + | Coordinating Board and shall publish on the institution's website a |
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| 254 | + | report describing the composition of the institution's entering |
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| 255 | + | class of students. The report must include a demographic breakdown |
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| 256 | + | of the class, including a breakdown by race, ethnicity, economic |
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| 257 | + | status, and high school class standing. A report submitted by a |
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| 258 | + | general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit as |
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| 259 | + | defined in Section 61.003 must include [separate demographic |
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| 260 | + | breakdowns of the students admitted under Sections 51.803, 51.804, |
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| 261 | + | and 51.805 and] a description of any plans, policies, or programs |
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| 262 | + | developed or implemented by the institution to recruit and retain |
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| 263 | + | students from underrepresented groups such as racial or ethnic |
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| 264 | + | minority groups. |
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| 265 | + | SECTION 9. Section 51.842(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 266 | + | read as follows: |
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| 267 | + | (a) A graduate or professional program of a general academic |
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| 268 | + | teaching institution or medical or dental unit may consider the |
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| 269 | + | following factors in making an admissions or scholarship decision |
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| 270 | + | for admissions into or competitive scholarships for the graduate or |
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| 271 | + | professional program: |
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| 272 | + | (1) an applicant's academic record as a high school |
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| 273 | + | student and undergraduate student; |
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| 274 | + | (2) the socioeconomic background of the applicant |
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| 275 | + | while the applicant attended elementary and secondary school and |
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| 276 | + | was an undergraduate student, including any change in that |
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| 277 | + | background; |
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| 278 | + | (3) whether the applicant would be the first |
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| 279 | + | generation of the applicant's family to attend or graduate from an |
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| 280 | + | undergraduate program or from a graduate or professional program; |
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| 281 | + | (4) whether the applicant has multilingual |
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| 282 | + | proficiency; |
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| 283 | + | (5) the applicant's responsibilities while attending |
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| 284 | + | elementary and secondary school and as an undergraduate student, |
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| 285 | + | including whether the applicant was employed, whether the applicant |
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| 286 | + | helped to raise children, and other similar factors; |
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| 287 | + | (6) to achieve geographic diversity, the applicant's |
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| 288 | + | region of residence at the time of application and, if the applicant |
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| 289 | + | graduated from a public high school in this state within the |
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| 290 | + | preceding 20 years, the region in which the applicant's school |
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| 291 | + | district is located; |
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| 292 | + | (7) the applicant's involvement in community |
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| 293 | + | activities; |
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| 294 | + | (8) the applicant's demonstrated commitment to a |
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| 295 | + | particular field of study; |
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| 296 | + | (9) for admission into a professional program, the |
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| 297 | + | current comparative availability of members of that profession in |
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| 298 | + | the applicant's region of residence while the applicant attended |
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| 299 | + | elementary and secondary school; and |
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| 300 | + | (10) [whether the applicant was automatically |
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| 301 | + | admitted to a general academic teaching institution as an |
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| 302 | + | undergraduate student under Section 51.803; and |
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| 303 | + | [(11)] the applicant's personal interview. |
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| 304 | + | SECTION 10. Section 56.3041(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 305 | + | to read as follows: |
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| 306 | + | (b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2)(A), a student who |
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| 307 | + | graduated under the recommended or advanced high school program is |
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| 308 | + | considered to have successfully completed the curriculum |
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| 309 | + | requirements for the foundation high school program [of Section |
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| 310 | + | 51.803(a)(2)(A)(i)]. This subsection expires September 1, 2020. |
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| 311 | + | SECTION 11. The following provisions of the Education Code |
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| 312 | + | are repealed: |
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| 313 | + | (1) Sections 33.007(c), 51.803, 51.8035, 51.804, and |
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| 314 | + | 51.8045; and |
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| 315 | + | (2) Subchapter R, Chapter 56. |
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| 316 | + | SECTION 12. The changes in law made by this Act to |
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| 317 | + | Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, apply beginning with |
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| 318 | + | admissions to an institution of higher education for the 2019-2020 |
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| 319 | + | academic year. Admissions to an institution of higher education |
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| 320 | + | for an academic year before that academic year are governed by the |
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| 321 | + | law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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| 322 | + | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 323 | + | SECTION 13. The repeal by this Act of Subchapter R, Chapter |
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| 324 | + | 56, Education Code, does not affect a student initially awarded a |
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| 325 | + | scholarship under that subchapter for a semester or other academic |
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| 326 | + | term before the effective date of this Act. A student who initially |
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| 327 | + | receives a scholarship for a semester or other academic term before |
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| 328 | + | that date may continue to receive a scholarship under Subchapter R, |
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| 329 | + | Chapter 56, Education Code, as that subchapter existed immediately |
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| 330 | + | before the effective date of this Act, to the extent funds are |
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| 331 | + | available for that purpose, as long as the student remains eligible |
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| 332 | + | for a scholarship under the former law. The Texas Higher Education |
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| 333 | + | Coordinating Board shall adopt rules to administer this section and |
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| 334 | + | shall notify each student who receives a scholarship in the |
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| 335 | + | 2018-2019 academic year of the provisions of this section. |
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| 336 | + | SECTION 14. This Act takes effect January 1, 2019. |
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