Amend CSHB 2591 as follows: (1) Immediately following SECTION 3 of the bill, add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. An institution of higher education may not require a student to take any additional test or undergo any additional assessment or developmental education under Section 51.306, Education Code, as amended by this Act, if the student, before the effective date of this Act, was enrolled in an institution of higher education and had: (1) completed the student's core curriculum with a grade point average in the core curriculum of at least 2.25 on a scale of 4.0 or its equivalent; or (2) passed at least one course in the student's core curriculum in each area of a developmental course or education program to which the student was referred under Section 51.306, Education Code, and earned a grade point average in the core curriculum of at least 2.25 on a scale of 4.0 or its equivalent upon the completion of the core curriculum. (2) On page 13, strike lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) of this section, the changes in law made by this Act relating to the assessment and placement requirements of Section 51.306, Education Code, and to the academic skills requirements for degree programs at proprietary schools under Section 132.0631, Education Code, as added by this Act, apply beginning with the 2000 spring semester.