81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 175, Chapter 1342 Page: 4 of 21
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S.B. No. 175
1 district, for dissemination of the information to high school
2 junior-level students and their parents, notice of which percentile
3 ranks of high school senior-level students who qualify for
4 automatic admission under Subsection (a) are anticipated by the
5 institution to be offered admission under Subsection (a-l) during
6 the next school year.
7 (a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-l), The University of
8 Texas at Austin may not offer admission under that subsection for an
9 academic year after the 2015-2016 academic year.
10 (a-4) If The University of Texas at Austin elects to offer
11 admission to first-time resident undergraduate students under
12 Subsection (a-1) for an academic year, the university must continue
13 its practice of not considering an applicant's legacy status as a
14 factor in the university's decisions relating to admissions for
15 that academic year.
16 (a-5) A general academic teaching institution that offers
17 admission to first-time resident undergraduate students under
18 Subsection (a-1) shall require that a student admitted under that
19 subsection complete a designated portion of not less than six
20 semester credit hours of the student's coursework during evening
21 hours or other low-demand hours as necessary to ensure the
22 efficient use of the institution's available classrooms.
23 (a-6) Not later than December 31 of each academic year in
24 which The University of Texas at Austin offers admission under
25 Subsection (a-l), the university shall deliver a written report to
26 the governor, the lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
27 representatives regarding the university's progress in each of the4
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 175, Chapter 1342, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149442/m1/4/?q=%22Education+-+Colleges+and+Universities%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.