Bill Text: TX HB3585 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to common admission application forms for institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB3585 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3585-Comm_Sub.html
85R24630 SRS-F | |||
By: Turner | H.B. No. 3585 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3585: | |||
By: Lozano | C.S.H.B. No. 3585 |
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relating to common admission application forms for institutions of | ||
higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.761, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.761. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "board," | ||
"general academic teaching institution," "governing board," | ||
"institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit," | ||
"public state college," "public technical institute," "private or | ||
independent institution of higher education," and "university | ||
system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 51.762(a), (f), and (h), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board, with the assistance of high school counselors | ||
and an advisory committee composed of representatives of general | ||
academic teaching institutions, junior college districts, public | ||
state colleges, [ |
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independent institutions of higher education [ |
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(1) shall adopt by rule: | ||
(A) a common admission application form for use | ||
by a person seeking admission [ |
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academic teaching institution; | ||
(B) an electronic common admission application | ||
form for use by a person seeking admission [ |
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to an institution of higher education [ |
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medical and dental unit; and | ||
(C) if the board determines that adoption of the | ||
form would be cost-effective for nursing schools, an electronic | ||
common admission application form for use by a person seeking | ||
admission as a student to an undergraduate nursing education | ||
program at an institution of higher education; and | ||
(2) may adopt by rule a printed format common | ||
admission application form for use by a person seeking admission as | ||
a freshman student to an institution of higher education that | ||
admits freshman-level students, other than a general academic | ||
teaching institution. | ||
(f) The board shall ensure that copies of the [ |
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common admission application forms appropriate for use by a person | ||
seeking admission to an institution of higher education as a | ||
freshman student and information for the use of the forms are | ||
available in electronic format [ |
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appropriate personnel at each public high school in this state. | ||
(h) An applicant may file, and each institution of higher | ||
education shall accept, an application for admission [ |
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appropriate form adopted under this section. The form used to | ||
apply to a general academic teaching institution may be filed in | ||
either electronic or printed format. An institution of higher | ||
education is not prohibited from requiring an applicant to submit | ||
additional information within a reasonable time after the | ||
institution has received an application using a form adopted under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 51.763(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing board of a university system shall adopt a | ||
common admission application form consistent with this subchapter | ||
to be used by any person seeking [ |
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institutions within the university system. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 51.762(b), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with applications for admission to institutions of higher | ||
education for the 2018-2019 academic year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |