Amend CSSB 940 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, line 23, in proposed Section 51.821 insert
the following, and renumber subsequent subsections accordingly:
            (3)  "Private or independent institution of higher
education" means an institution as defined by Section 61.003(15)
that grants baccalaureate degrees and offers a program in
premedical education.
      (2)  On page 2, line 30, in proposed Section 51.824(a)(9),
Education Code, between "institution" and "as", insert "or private
or independent institution of higher education".
      (3)  On page 2, strike lines 33 through 39 (proposed Section
51.824(b), Education Code) and substitute the following:
      (b)  From each general academic teaching institution, the
council annually shall select for admission to the program at least
two eligible undergraduate students who are enrolled as freshmen at
that institution.  The council shall allocate 10 percent of the
total program openings on a rotation basis to private or
independent institutions of higher educaton.  The council shall
allocate the remaining program openings to general academic
teaching institutions in proportion to the average size of each
institution's entering freshman class during the four-year period
preceding the allocation.
      (4)  On page 2, line 68, in proposed Section 51.826(1),
Education Code, between "institution" and "not", insert "or a
private or independent institution of higher education".
      (5)  On page 3, line 6, in proposed Section 51.826(3),
Education Code, between "institution" and the semi-colon (;),
insert "or a private or independent institution of higher
education".
      (6)  On page 3, line 9, in proposed Section 51.826(4),
Education Code, between "institution" and the semi-colon (;),
insert "or a private or independent institution of higher
education".
      (7)  On page 3, line 26, in proposed Section 51.827(a)(1)(A),
Education Code, between "institution" and the semi-colon (;),
insert "or the private or independent institution of higher
education".
      (8)  On page 4, line 15, in proposed Section 51.829(a)(5),
Education Code, between "institutions" and "as", insert "or private
or independent institutions of higher education".
      (9)  On page 4, line 19, in proposed Section 51.829(a)(6),
Education Code, between "institutions" and "as", insert "or private
or independent institutions of higher education".
      (10)  On page 4, after the proposed Section 51.830, Education
Code, insert a new Section 51.831 to read as follows, and renumber
subsequent sections accordingly:
      Sec. 51.831.  COUNCIL AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  Each private or independent
institution of higher education must enter into an agreement with
the council under which the institution agrees to:
            (1)  provide academic counseling to a participating
student enrolled at that institution;
            (2)  as soon as praticable, implement or expand
appropriate degree programs as necessary to provide participating
students with sufficient preparation for enrollment in
participating medical schools;
            (3)  select a faculty director to assist in
implementing the program at the istitution and in implementing or
expanding the institution's degree programs as necessary under
Subdivision (2); and
            (4)  provide a scholarship to a participating student
in the amount required for a participating student attending a
general academic teaching institution, but not to exceed the amount
of tuition and fees that the student is charged.
      (11)  On page 5, line 9 of proposed Section 51.833(3),
Education Code, between "institution" and "or" insert a comma (,)
and the following words "a private or independent institution of
higher education".