Amend CSHB 2531 as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute the
following:
SECTION 1. Section 54.051, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (o) to read as
follows:
(2) On page 1, between lines 12 and 13, insert the
following:
(o) Notwithstanding Subsection (m) or any other provision of
this subchapter, an individual is entitled to pay tuition at the
rate provided for a resident student until the individual
establishes a residence outside this state if the individual
resided with individual's parent, guardian, or conservator while
attending a public or private high school in this state and:
(1) graduated from a public or private high school or
received the equivalent of a high school diploma in this state;
(2) resided in this state for at least one year
between the first day the person attended a public or private high
school in this state and the date the person graduated from a
public or private high school in this state or received the
equivalent of a high school diploma; and
(3) registers as an entering student in an institution
of higher education not earlier than the 2001 fall semester.