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| 1 | 1 | 89R11257 RDR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3027 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the admission of nonresident undergraduate and graduate | |
| 10 | 10 | students to public institutions of higher education. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 51.811 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 51.811. LIMITATION ON ADMISSION OF NONRESIDENT | |
| 15 | 15 | STUDENTS. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" | |
| 16 | 16 | has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter | |
| 18 | 18 | or Subchapter W but subject to Section 51.803(j), an institution of | |
| 19 | 19 | higher education may not offer admission to undergraduate or | |
| 20 | 20 | graduate students who are not residents of this state for an | |
| 21 | 21 | academic year in excess of the number required to fill 15 percent of | |
| 22 | 22 | the institution's enrollment capacity designated for undergraduate | |
| 23 | 23 | or graduate students, as applicable, for that academic year. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. Section 51.811, Education Code, as added by this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act, applies beginning with admissions for the 2026-2027 academic | |
| 26 | 26 | year. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |