Senate tries to toughen top 10% admission rule

[Judi Lynn]

May 7, 2005, 1:00AM

Senate tries to toughen top 10% admission rule
Automatic college acceptance could soon require taking harder path in high school
By JEFFREY GILBERT
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau

AUSTIN - High school students who want automatic admission to Texas public universities would have to take harder courses under a bill passed by the Senate on Friday.

Although changes weren't made to the extent some lawmakers wanted, students would be required to take the state's recommended or advanced high school curriculum instead of the basic course load to be eligible for the top 10 percent law. The new requirements would begin with students applying for college in 2008.

Senate Bill 333, sponsored by Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, also would require the state's education commissioner to develop a standard method of calculating a student's grade-point average, with additional weight given to a student who takes honors courses.

"By adopting this, we would be giving students an incentive to take (difficult) courses," West said.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3171465

[punpirate]

1. Money is getting scarce because of ...

... Bush's tax cuts, in the governorship and in the Presidency, and there are too many, umm, uppity kids tryin' to go to college, besides.... Just leave it to the Lege to sort out the problem....

[DrDebug]

2. And we don't really want to educate people

Education is about knowledge and you have limit the knowledge if you want a successful empire. So a population of 10% with university education is more than enough. Besides that the money could be spend on other goals...