Bill Text: TX SB1617 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the automatic admission of certain students to general academic teaching institutions in The University of Texas System.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1617 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1617-Introduced.html

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87R844 KSD-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1617

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the automatic admission of certain students to general
academic teaching institutions in The University of Texas System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a-3) If The University of Texas at Austin elects to offer
admission to first-time resident undergraduate students under
Subsection (a-1) for an academic year, The University of Texas
System shall:
(1) to each applicant for admission to The University
of Texas at Austin for that academic year who qualifies for
automatic admission under Subsection (a), offer admission to each
other general academic teaching institution in the system,
regardless of whether the student:
(A) is also offered admission to The University
of Texas at Austin under Subsection (a-1);
(B) submitted to the other institutions an
application for admission or any additional information required by
the institutions for admission; or
(C) paid any application fees required by the
other institutions for the submission of an application for
admission; and
(2) provide to each applicant described by Subdivision
(1), together with the offer of admission, a written description of
the other general academic teaching institutions in the system and
the degree programs offered by those institutions.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (a-3), to [To] qualify
for admission under this section, an applicant must:
(1) submit an application before the expiration of any
application filing deadline established by the institution; and
(2) provide a high school transcript or diploma that
satisfies the requirements of Subsection (d).
SECTION 2. Section 51.803, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with admissions to an institution of
higher education for the 2022-2023 academic year. Admissions to an
institution of higher education for an academic year before that
academic year are governed by the law in effect immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.