Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R13034 CXP-F
2	2	By: Middleton S.B. No. 1504
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the automatic admission of students with a
8	8	nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions
9	9	of higher education.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (m) to read as
13	13	follows:
14	14	(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), each general academic
15	15	teaching institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the
16	16	institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant graduated
17	17	with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's
18	18	high school graduating class in one of the two school years
19	19	preceding the academic year for which the applicant is applying for
20	20	admission and:
21	21	(1) the applicant:
22	22	(A) graduated from a public or private high
23	23	school in this state accredited by a generally recognized
24	24	accrediting organization or from a high school operated by the
25	25	United States Department of Defense; or
26	26	(B) completed a nontraditional secondary
27	27	education as defined by Section 51.9241;
28	28	(2) the applicant:
29	29	(A) successfully completed:
30	30	(i) at a public high school, the curriculum
31	31	requirements established under Section 28.025 for the
32	32	distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
33	33	program; or
34	34	(ii) at a high school to which Section
35	35	28.025 does not apply, a curriculum that is equivalent in content
36	36	and rigor to the distinguished level of achievement under the
37	37	foundation high school program; or
38	38	(B) satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks
39	39	on the ACT assessment applicable to the applicant or earned on the
40	40	SAT assessment a score of at least 1,500 out of 2,400 or the
41	41	equivalent; and
42	42	(3) if the applicant graduated from a high school
43	43	operated by the United States Department of Defense, the applicant
44	44	is a Texas resident under Section 54.052 or is entitled to pay
45	45	tuition fees at the rate provided for Texas residents under Section
46	46	54.241(d) for the term or semester to which admitted.
47	47	(m) In determining the eligibility for admission under this
48	48	section of an applicant with a nontraditional secondary education,
49	49	as defined by Section 51.9241, that does not include a high school
50	50	graduating class ranking, a general academic teaching institution
51	51	shall calculate the applicant's class rank in the manner provided
52	52	by Section 51.9241(d).
53	53	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply
54	54	beginning with admissions to a public institution of higher
55	55	education for the 2024 fall semester. Admissions to a public
56	56	institution of higher education for a term or semester before the
57	57	2024 fall semester are governed by the law in effect immediately
58	58	before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
59	59	continued in effect for that purpose.
60	60	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	61	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	62	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	63	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	64	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.