89R6086 AND-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2656
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated
application service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.765 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.765. NURSING SCHOOL APPLICATION CONSOLIDATION. A
service or organization that provides consolidated application
services for applications to medical schools or dental schools,
including the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service
operated through The University of Texas System, must include
applications for nursing schools in this state.
SECTION 2. Section 51.765, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with applications for admission to a nursing
school for the 2026 fall semester.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.