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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption of common admission application forms for |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.761, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.761. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "board," |
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"general academic teaching institution," "governing board," |
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"institution of higher education," "public state college," "public |
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technical institute," "private or independent institution of |
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higher education," and "university system" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.762(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board, with the assistance of high school counselors |
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and an advisory committee composed of representatives of general |
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academic teaching institutions, junior college districts, public |
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state colleges, [and] public technical institutes, and private or |
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independent institutions of higher education, and with the |
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consultation of all institutions of higher education that admit |
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freshman-level students: |
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(1) shall adopt by rule: |
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(A) a common admission application form for use |
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by a person seeking admission as a freshman student to a general |
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academic teaching institution; |
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(B) an electronic common admission application |
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form for use by a person seeking admission as a freshman student to |
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an institution of higher education that admits freshman-level |
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students, other than a general academic teaching institution; and |
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(C) if the board determines that adoption of the |
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form would be cost-effective for nursing schools, an electronic |
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common admission application form for use by a person seeking |
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admission as a student to an undergraduate nursing education |
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program at an institution of higher education; and |
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(2) may adopt by rule a printed format common |
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admission application form for use by a person seeking admission as |
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a freshman student to an institution of higher education that |
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admits freshman-level students, other than a general academic |
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teaching institution. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1813 passed the Senate on |
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May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1813 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |