HBA-KMH H.B. 1804 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1804
By: Morrison
Higher Education
3/7/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a student attending a public or private high school within Texas
is granted automatic acceptance to a  general academic teaching institution
provided the student graduated in the top 10 percent of the student's
graduating class within the two years immediately preceding the academic
year for which the applicant is applying.  H.B. 1804 adds a student
enrolled in a high school operated by the U.S. Department of Defense to the
group of students who are eligible for automatic admission as provided for
in Section 51.803 (Automatic Admission: All Institutions), Education Code. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 51.803(a), Education Code, to require admittance
to a general academic teaching institution as an undergraduate student if
the applicant graduated from a high school operated by the United States
Department of Defense.  Provides that an applicant who graduated from a
high school operated by the United States Department of Defense must be a
Texas resident under Section 54.052 (Residents; Nonresidents; General
Rules), Education Code, or be entitled to pay tuition fees at the rate
provided for Texas residents under Section 54.058(d) (Military Personnel
and Dependents), Education Code, for the term or semester admitted to
qualify for admission under this section.  Makes a nonsubstantive change. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that this Act applies beginning with admissions for
the 2000 fall semester. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.