Tex. Educ. Code § 51.804 · Subchapter U. UNIFORM ADMISSION POLICY
ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS: SELECTED INSTITUTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For each academic year, the governing board of each general academic teaching institution shall determine whether to adopt an admissions policy under which an applicant to the institution as a first-time freshman student, other than an applicant eligible for admission under Section 51.803, shall be admitted to the institution if the applicant:
(1) graduated from a public or private high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization with a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the applicant's high school graduating class; and
(2) satisfies the requirements of:
(A) Section 51.803(a)(2)(A) or 51.803(b), as applicable to the student, or Section 51.803 (a)(2)(B); and
(B) Sections 51.803(c)(2) and 51.803(d).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (H.B. 3826), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
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- Tex. Educ. Code § 39.0232USE OF END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT; CERTAIN USES PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 51.803 or 51.804
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.4032ANNUAL REPORT OF PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.Printed as Sections 51.803, 51.804, and 51.805
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.8045GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS.Printed as Sections 51.803 and 51.804
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.805OTHER ADMISSIONS.Printed as Section 51.803 or 51.804 | Sections 51.803 and 51.804
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