February 5, 1999

Texas Bill Would Bar Admissions Preferences for Alumni Relatives

By KENNETH MA

A Texas legislator has introduced a bill that would end admissions preferences given by public colleges to children of alumni or of major donors.

State Rep. Lon Burnam, a Democrat, said the aim of his bill was to phase out preferences given to such students, just as a 1996 federal appeals-court decision led to the end of race-based admissions practices at Texas's public colleges.

According to Mr.

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