89R6086 AND-D     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2656       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated   application service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter S, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.765 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.765.  NURSING SCHOOL APPLICATION CONSOLIDATION. A   service or organization that provides consolidated application   services for applications to medical schools or dental schools,   including the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service   operated through The University of Texas System, must include   applications for nursing schools in this state.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.765, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies beginning with applications for admission to a nursing   school for the 2026 fall semester.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.