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(a)(No change.) (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 curriculum requirements for the Recommended or Advanced High School Program from a Texas public high school as outlined under Texas Education Code, §28.025, and §74.63 and §74.64 of this title (relating to Recommended High School Program and Distinguished Achievement High School Program--Advanced High School Program); (B) - (D)(No change.) (2) - (3)(No change.) (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 curriculum requirements for the Recommended or Advanced High School Program or 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 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 curriculum requirements for the 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)(No change.) (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 curriculum requirements for the Recommended or Advanced High School Program or of the curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, that was available. (d) - (j)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on July 30, 2012
TRD-201203945 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: October 25, 2012
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114
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