Amend HB 3209 by inserting the following SECTION 2, SECTION 3
and SECTION 4, renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION 2. Section 56.304(a)(5), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(A) an entering undergraduate student for [at
least three-fourths of] a full course load for an entering
undergraduate student, as determined by the coordinating board, not
later than the 16th month after the date of the person's graduation
from high school; or
(B) an entering student for [at least
three-fourths of] a full course load for an undergraduate student
as determined by the coordinating board, not later than the 12th
month after the month the person receives an associate degree from
an eligible institution;
SECTION 3. Section 56.305(a)(3), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) is enrolled for [at least three-fourths] a full
course load for an undergraduate student, as determined by the
coordinating board;
SECTION 4. Section 56.304(f), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) A person's eligibility for a TEXAS Grant ends on the
[sixth] fifth anniversary of the initial award of a TEXAS grant to
the person and the person's enrollment in an eligible institution,
unless the person is provided additional time during which the
person may receive a TEXAS grant under this subsection. The
coordinating board shall adopt rules to provide a person who is
otherwise eligible to receive a TEXAS grant in the event of a
hardship or other good cause shown that prevents the person from
continuing the person's enrollment during the period the person
would otherwise have been eligible to receive a TEXAS grant,
including a showing of a severe illness or other debilitating
condition or that the person is or was responsible for the care of a
sick, injured, or needy person. This section applies to a new TEXAS
grant recipients beginning on or after the 2003 fall semester.