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.