Amend CSSB 179 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION __.  Section 51.306, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (t) and adding Subsection (t-1) to read as
follows:
      (t)  A student is exempt from this section if the student
graduated from a public or an accredited private high school in
this state or outside this state at least 10 years before the date
of the student's enrollment at an institution of higher education.
The student may voluntarily take the test required of other
students by Subsection (b).  Unless the student's test results
indicate that developmental education is not necessary or the
student is otherwise exempt under this section, the institution
shall require the student to successfully complete developmental
courses or other developmental programs as described by Subsection
(f) but may not require the student on successful completion of
those courses or programs to take the test required by this
section.
      (t-1)  An institution may exempt a non-degree-seeking or
non-certificate-seeking student who is not otherwise exempt under
this section and who will be 55 years of age or older on the first
class day of a term or semester from the testing requirements
imposed by this section as a condition for enrollment at the
institution <during that term or semester in a course>.