Date: March 7, 2025

To establish the Law on Automatic Admission to the University of Puerto Rico, in order to have an automatic admission process to the University of Puerto Rico for all fourth-year high school students who are in 10% of their class and for other purposes.

To amend Article 14 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, to provide that the civil actions contemplated by this law may be brought into force in the event of non-compliance by government bodies with obligations related to statistical activities, the preparation of the statistical product or publication of statistical reports, as required in their organic laws, regulations or special laws; incorporate a technical correction in paragraph (1) of said article; and for other purposes.

Date: March 7, 2025

To add a new Article 11.05 to Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”, for the purpose of providing for the creation of a so-called “University Alliances Program”, which will have the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Education to sign any necessary agreements or collaboration agreements with the University of Puerto Rico, so that the latter, through its students and teachers from the different schools of Education on the campuses of the system, provides mentoring, tutoring and support for students and teaching and non-teaching staff, in tasks related to the care and provision of supplementary services to the student population, in the different schools of the public education system, in order to ensure that remedial aid is obtained for students who are academically lagging behind, provided that such costs are reasonably compared with current prices in the market and that, in effect, they can be provided by the said university institution; repeal Law 47-2019, known as” Public School Student Support Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”; and for other related purposes.