85R11148 SRS-D     By: Bell H.B. No. 3059       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching   institutions of students who complete the early college education   program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.8036 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.8036.  AUTOMATIC ADMISSION OF APPLICANTS COMPLETING   EARLY COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Early college education program" means an early   college education program established under Section 29.908.                (2)  "General academic teaching institution" has the   meaning assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  A general academic teaching institution shall admit an   applicant for admission to the institution who:                (1)  graduated from high school in one of the two school   years preceding the academic year for which the applicant is   applying for admission;                (2)  completed the early college education program; and                (3)  submits a completed application for admission   before the expiration of any application filing deadline   established by the institution.          (c)  It is the responsibility of the applicant for admission   under this section to:                (1)  expressly and clearly claim in the application   entitlement to admission under this section; and                (2)  timely provide to the general academic teaching   institution the documentation required by the institution to   determine the student's entitlement to admission under this   section.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.8036, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with admissions to a general academic   teaching institution for the 2018-2019 academic year. Admissions   to a general academic teaching institution for an academic year   before that academic year are governed by the law in effect   immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.