Floor Packet Page No. 367                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1, Article III, Page III-51, Rider 22, under the 
appropriation for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, by 
adding the following new subsection (a) and renumbering the 
remaining subsection accordingly:
	a.  For fiscal year 2004, funding shall be provided for 
institutions which experience an increase in weighted semester 
credit hours in RN professional nursing courses greater than 3 
percent between Fall 2002 and Fall 2003 semesters.  For fiscal year 
2005, funding shall be provided for growth in weighted semester 
credit hours in RN professional nursing courses greater than 6 
percent between Fall 2002 and Fall 2004 semesters.  This subsection 
should be fully funded prior to providing funding under subsection 
(b).