TITLE: Relating to the eligibility requirements for admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution.

SUMMARY: Relating to the eligibility requirements for admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the eligibility requirements for admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.805(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A graduating student who does not qualify for admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804 may apply to any general academic teaching institution if the student [satisfies the requirements of]:(1) satisfies the requirements of [Section 51.803(a)(2)(A) or 51.803(b), as applicable to the student, or] Section 51.803(a)(2)(B); or [and] (2) successfully completes a public or private high school curriculum that the institution considers satisfactory in content and rigor and provides to the institution a high school transcript or diploma reflecting that the student has completed or is on schedule to complete that curriculum [Sections 51.803(c)(2) and 51.803(d)].SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 51.805, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2013 fall semester. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.