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Amend SB 286 on third reading by adding the following new 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 130.0102 to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0102.  MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM OR COURSE 
WORK.  The governing board of a public junior college district 
located in one or more counties with a substantial and growing 
Mexican-American population shall evaluate the demand for and 
feasibility of establishing a Mexican-American studies program or 
other course work in Mexican-American studies at one or more junior 
colleges in the district.  With approval of the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board, the governing board may establish a 
Mexican-American studies program or other course work in 
Mexican-American studies at any of the colleges if the governing 
board determines that such a program or course work is desirable and 
feasible.