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.