Amend SB 1007 as follows:
On page 2, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following new
SECTION 2 and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly:
"SECTION 2. Section 56.305(g), Education Code, as added by
Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
is amended to read as follows:
(g) The coordinating board shall adopt rules to allow a
person who is otherwise eligible to receive a TEXAS grant, in the
event of a hardship or for other good cause shown, including a
showing of a severe illness or other debilitating condition that
may affect the person's academic performance or that the person is
responsible for the care of a sick, injured, or needy person and
that the person's provision of care may affect the person's academic
performance, to receive a TEXAS grant:
(1) while enrolled in a number of semester credit
hours that is less than the number of semester credit hours required
under Subsection (a)(3); or
(2) if the student's grade point average or
completion rate falls below the satisfactory academic progress
requirements of Subsection (e). [The coordinating board may not
allow a person to receive a TEXAS grant while enrolled in fewer than
six semester credit hours.]"