(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 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 [and §74.63 and §74.64 of this title] (relating to the distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation, Recommended High School Program , or [and] 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) - (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 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) - (4)(No change.) (e)For the period from the 2011-2012 academic year through the 2017-2018 [2015-2016] academic year, The University of Texas at Austin is not required to admit applicants in excess of the number needed to fill 75 percent of first-time resident undergraduate students. (f) - (g)(No change.) (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 Texas Education Code, §51.805(a). Applicants participating in the minimum, recommended, or advanced high school program may be considered under the "other admissions" provision according to this subsection. [subsection (b)(1) of this section or finds relief from these requirements as outlined under subsection (c) of this section.] (i) - (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 August 19, 2013
TRD-201303483 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: October 24, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114
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