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Amen SB 1652 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and 
renumber the other SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION 1._____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, 
is amended by adding Section 54.2111 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.2111.  EXEMPTIONS FOR ADOPTED STUDENTS FORMERLY IN 
FOSTER OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE.  A student is exempt from the 
payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter if the 
student was:
		(1)  adopted; and                                                      
		(2)  the subject of an adoption assistance agreement 
under Subchapter D, Chapter 162, Family Code.
	SECTION 1._____.  Section 54.2111, Education Code, as added 
by this Act, applies beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 
2003 fall semester.  Tuition and fees charged for a semester or 
session before the 2003 fall semester are governed by the 
applicable law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and 
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.