Tex. Educ. Code § 51.763 · Subchapter S. ADMISSION APPLICATION FORMS
ELECTRONIC ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 freshman or undergraduate transfer admission to one or more of the general academic teaching institutions within the university system.
(b) The form must:
(1) allow each applicant to:
(A) apply electronically to one or more of the general academic teaching institutions within the university system; and
(B) indicate preferences for admission between those institutions; and
(2) include a prominent link to the electronic tools or platforms developed by the board under Section 61.09022.
(c) A general academic teaching institution is not prohibited from requiring an applicant to submit additional information within a reasonable time after the institution has received an application under this section.
(d) Each institution of higher education shall publish prominently on its admission application website a link to MyTexasFuture.Org or its successor electronic platform and provide notice to students that they may apply to the institution using the electronic common admission application form found in ApplyTexas.Org or via MyTexasFuture.Org.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 11, Sec. 1, eff. April 25, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 713 (H.B. 277), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 12, eff. June 9, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011 (H.B. 2920), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 2314), Sec. 3, eff. May 19, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
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