By Rangel                                             H.R. No. 1211
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, That House Rule
 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
 1-5     resolve the differences on S.B. No. 1596, relating to the
 1-6     establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, &
 1-7     Success (TEXAS) grant II program, to consider and take action on
 1-8     the following matter:
 1-9           House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
1-10     committee to amend proposed Section 56.357(g), Education Code, to
1-11     read as follows:
1-12           (g)  An institution may use other available sources of
1-13     financial aid, other than a loan or a Pell grant, to cover any
1-14     difference in the amount of a TEXAS grant II and the actual amount
1-15     of tuition and required fees at the institution.
1-16           Explanation:  Subsection (g) is amended to conform to Section
1-17     56.307(j), Education Code, which provides that a loan or Pell grant
1-18     may not be used to cover any difference in the amount of a TEXAS
1-19     grant and the actual amount of tuition and required fees at an
1-20     institution.  The change is necessary to provide consistency
1-21     between the TEXAS grant II program and the TEXAS grant program.