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Floor Packet Page No. 388                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 by adding a rider to the Special Provisions of 
Article III    
	Add a new rider to the Special Provisions section of Article 
III (Education) that reads as follows:
	_____. The Legislature encourages institutions of higher 
education not to reduce the number of student full-time equivalents 
enrolled in programs preparing student for licensure as registered 
nurses in fiscal years ending August 31, 1004 and August 31, 2005 
below the number of student full-time equivalents enrolled for 
fiscal year ending August 31, 2003.  This provision shall not be 
construed as requiring any school to accept an unqualified 
applicant to its professional nursing program.  In the event that a 
school falls below the required number of students enrolled in 
professional nursing program by more than 5% for fiscal years 2004 
and 2005, the school shall report to the Legislative Budget Board 
and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board the reasons for 
failing to meet the required enrollment.