TITLE: Relating to automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions for valedictorians of certain high school graduating classes.

SUMMARY: Relating to automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions for valedictorians of certain high school graduating classes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions for valedictorians of certain high school graduating classes. 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) to read as follows: (a-3) Beginning with admissions for the 2018-2019 academic year and notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (a-1), each general academic teaching institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if: (1) the applicant is the sole valedictorian of the applicant's high school graduating class; and (2) the size of the class is too small for the valedictorian to be ranked at the lowest percentile that would qualify for automatic admission under Subsection (a) or (a-1) as applicable. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.