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From The University of Texas President Bill Powers
Dear Friends,
Now that the 81st Legislative Session has adjourned, I want to share the outcomes of several issues important to UT Austin.
The Top 10% Law — Senate Bill 175, sponsored by Sen. Florence Shapiro and Rep. Dan Branch in the House, limited the number of top 10% Texas [...]

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From The Daily Texan Online

Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill Wednesday to grant money to establish more tier-one research universities and provide monetary relief for schools damaged by Hurricane Ike.
Authored by state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, the bill will create three funding initiatives and establish monetary incentives for emerging research universities to achieve national recognition [...]

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From Statesman.com
The state’s automatic-admission law for public universities would become a little less automatic — but only at the University of Texas — under legislation approved Monday by the Texas House.
The measure would allow UT-Austin to trim the number of students it accepts under a 1997 law that entitles any student graduating in the top [...]

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