Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2412 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/08/2019

                            86R13366 KSD-D
 By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2412


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to certain requirements for the administration of the
 Coordinated Admission Program (CAP) at The University of Texas at
 Austin.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is
 amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows:
 Sec. 67.28.  COORDINATED ADMISSION PROGRAM. In
 administering the Coordinated Admission Program (CAP) or a
 successor admissions program under which a student may earn
 guaranteed transfer admission to the university after successfully
 completing specified program requirements while enrolled for the
 student's freshman year at another participating institution of
 higher education within The University of Texas System, the
 university, in allotting CAP admission slots among participating
 institutions for an academic year, shall reserve a portion of
 admission slots at each participating institution for students who
 are enrolled at that institution at the time they apply for
 admission to CAP.
 SECTION 2.  Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this
 Act, applies beginning with admissions to the Coordinated Admission
 Program at The University of Texas at Austin for the 2020-2021
 academic year.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.