{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.763","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.763","heading":"ELECTRONIC ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS.","body":"(a) The governing board of a university system shall adopt a common admission application form consistent with this subchapter to be used by any person seeking freshman or undergraduate transfer admission to one or more of the general academic teaching institutions within the university system.\n(b) The form must:\n(1) allow each applicant to:\n(A) apply electronically to one or more of the general academic teaching institutions within the university system; and\n(B) indicate preferences for admission between those institutions; and\n(2) include a prominent link to the electronic tools or platforms developed by the board under Section 61.09022.\n(c) A general academic teaching institution is not prohibited from requiring an applicant to submit additional information within a reasonable time after the institution has received an application under this section.\n(d) Each institution of higher education shall publish prominently on its admission application website a link to MyTexasFuture.Org or its successor electronic platform and provide notice to students that they may apply to the institution using the electronic common admission application form found in ApplyTexas.Org or via MyTexasFuture.Org.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 11, Sec. 1, eff. April 25, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 713 (H.B. 277), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 12, eff. June 9, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011 (H.B. 2920), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2023.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 2314), Sec. 3, eff. May 19, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER S. ADMISSION APPLICATION FORMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.763","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"6af89668009c028dc5a0eb7c9586423524a63b0e05ce3fbda0b01a56feea8f90","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.762","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.764"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}