Bill Text: TX SB1813 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of common admission application forms for institutions of higher education.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1813 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1813-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1813 | ||
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| relating to the adoption of 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," "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. Section 51.762(a), Education Code, is 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, and with the | ||
| consultation of all institutions of higher education that admit | ||
| freshman-level students: | ||
| (1) shall adopt by rule: | ||
| (A) a common admission application form for use | ||
| by a person seeking admission as a freshman student to a general | ||
| academic teaching institution; | ||
| (B) an electronic 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; 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. | ||
| 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. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1813 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the | ||
| Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1813 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
