| (a) Each public university shall admit first-time undergraduate
students for each semester in accordance with Texas Education Code, §§51.801
- 51.809. Only The University of Texas at Austin shall admit students
under Texas Education Code §51.803(a-1) - (a-5) and subsection
(e) of this section.
(b) All applicants from Texas schools accredited by
a generally recognized accrediting agency and who graduate in the
top 10 percent of their high school class or who graduate in the top
25 percent of their high school class, to the extent the governing
board of a general academic teaching institution has adopted such
an admission policy, shall be admitted to a general academic teaching
institution if the student meets the following conditions:
(1) The student has met one of the following:
(A) Successfully completed the distinguished level
of achievement under the Foundation, Recommended, or Advanced High
School Program from a Texas public high school as outlined under Texas
Education Code, §28.025, as well as, 19 TAC §§74.63,
74.64, 74.73, and 74.74 (relating to the distinguished level of achievement
under the Foundation, Recommended High School Program, or Distinguished
Achievement High School Program--Advanced High School Program);
(B) Successfully completed a curriculum from a high
school in Texas other than a public high school that is equivalent
in content and rigor to the distinguished level of achievement under
the Foundation, the Recommended, or Advanced High School Program as
outlined under subsection (c) of this section;
(C) Satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks on
the ACT assessment; or
(D) Earned on the SAT assessment:
(i) if the SAT was administered prior to March 5, 2016,
a combined critical reading (formerly "verbal") and mathematics score
of 1070 with a minimum of 500 on the critical reading test and a minimum
of 500 on the mathematics test; or
(ii) if the SAT was administered on or after March
5, 2016, a minimum score of 480 on the Evidenced-Based Reading and
Writing (EBRW) test and a minimum score of 530 on the mathematics
test (no combined score); and
(2) The student submitted an official high school transcript
or diploma that must, not later than the end of the student's junior
year, indicate whether the student has satisfied the requirements
outlined under paragraph (1)(A) or (B) of this subsection.
(3) For applicants who graduate in the top 10 percent
of their high school class and want to be considered for automatic
admission under Texas Education Code, §51.803, the student must:
(A) Submit a complete application defined by the institution
before the expiration of the institution's established deadline; and
(B) Have graduated from high school within the two
years prior to the academic year for which the student is applying
for admission.
(c) A student is considered to have satisfied the requirements
of subsection (b)(1)(A) or (B) of this section if the student completed
all or the portion of the distinguished level of achievement under
the Foundation, Recommended, or Advanced High School Program of a
curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, that was
available to the student. A student may be considered to have completed
the distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation, Recommended,
or Advanced High School curriculum if a student was unable to complete
the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses necessary to
complete the remainder were unavailable to the student at the appropriate
times in the student's high school career as a result of course scheduling,
lack of enrollment capacity, or another cause not within the student's
control. The standards for determining whether a student has satisfied
the requirements of this subsection include the following:
(1) For a student in a Texas public high school, the
public high school providing to a Texas public institution of higher
education the Academic Achievement Record or transcript outlined under
subsection (b)(2) of this section must indicate, in a form and manner
prescribed by the Commissioner of Higher Education, whether the student
has completed all or a portion of the distinguished level of achievement
under the Foundation, Recommended, or Advanced High School Program
or of the curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable,
that was available.
(2) For a student in a Texas private high school, the
private high school providing to a Texas public institution of higher
education the transcript or diploma outlined under subsection (b)(2)
of this section must:
(A) Be accredited by the Texas Private School Accreditation
Commission or other accrediting organizations recognized by the Texas
Education Agency; and
(B) Indicate, in a form and manner prescribed by the
Commissioner of Higher Education, whether the student has completed
all or a portion of the distinguished level of achievement under the
Foundation, Recommended, or Advanced High School Program or of the
curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, that was
available.
(d) All applicants from high schools operated by the
United States Department of Defense and who graduate in the top 10
percent of their high school class shall be admitted to a general
academic teaching institution if the student meets the following conditions,
or if subsection (c) of this section applies whether the student has
completed the portion of the distinguished level of achievement under
the Foundation, recommended, or advanced curriculum or of the curriculum
equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, that was available
to the student:
(1) The student graduated from high school within the
two years prior to the academic year for which the student is applying;
(2) The student is a Texas resident as defined in Texas
Education Code, §54.052 or is entitled to pay tuition and fees
at the rate provided for Texas residents for the term or semester
to which the student is admitted;
(3) The student submitted a complete application as
defined by the institution before the expiration of the institution's
established deadline; and
(4) The student meets the curriculum or the ACT/SAT
test score requirements as outlined under subsection (b)(1) of this
section.
(e) For the period beginning with the 2011-2012 academic
year, The University of Texas at Austin is not required to admit applicants
under this subchapter in excess of the number needed to fill 75 percent
of first-time resident undergraduate students.
(f) High school rank for students seeking automatic
admission to a general academic teaching institution on the basis
of their class rank is determined and reported as follows:
(1) Most recent available class rank, based on a point
in time no earlier than the end of the 11th grade, shall be used for
admission decision-making.
(2) The top 10 percent and top 25 percent of a high
school class shall not contain more than 10 percent and top 25 percent,
respectively, of the total class size.
(3) The student's rank shall be reported by the applicant's
high school or school district as a specific number out of a specific
number total class size.
(4) Class rank shall be determined by the school or
school district from which the student graduated or is expected to
graduate.
(g) A general academic teaching institution may limit
the number of students admitted under this section if the number of
applicants eligible and applying for admission to the institution
under this section exceeds by more than 10 percent the average number
of first-time freshmen admitted the previous two academic years. If
an institution chooses to limit the number of students admitted under
this section, it must ensure that:
(1) At least 97 percent of first-time freshmen admitted
are in the top 10 percent of their high school class; and
(2) Clear guidelines are established for the selection
of students based on one or a specified combination of the following
methods:
(A) A lottery in which all students qualified for automatic
admission have an equal chance for selection;
(B) Students are selected on a first-come, first-admitted
basis following receipt of a complete application; or
(C) At least four or more criteria identified in Texas
Education Code, §51.805 are used to select students admitted.
(h) The 18 admissions factors outlined in Texas Education
Code, §51.805(b) may be considered by a general academic teaching
institution when an applicant is eligible for admission under the
"other admissions" provision as described in Texas Education Code, §51.805,
but only after the applicant has met the curriculum or the ACT/SAT
test score requirements as outlined under subsection (b)(1) of this
section. Applicants participating in the minimum, recommended, or
advanced high school program may be considered under the "other admissions"
provision according to this subsection.
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