{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.804","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.804","heading":"ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS: SELECTED INSTITUTIONS.","body":"For each academic year, the governing board of each general academic teaching institution shall determine whether to adopt an admissions policy under which an applicant to the institution as a first-time freshman student, other than an applicant eligible for admission under Section 51.803, shall be admitted to the institution if the applicant:\n(1) graduated from a public or private high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization with a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the applicant's high school graduating class; and\n(2) satisfies the requirements of:\n(A) Section 51.803(a)(2)(A) or 51.803(b), as applicable to the student, or Section 51.803 (a)(2)(B); and\n(B) Sections 51.803(c)(2) and 51.803(d).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (H.B. 3826), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER U. UNIFORM ADMISSION POLICY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.804","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"38fc6f8a9a49db05469f5f92cfe89be48c2212d8fd021ceb22b665f0eee23118","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.8035","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.8045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}