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Amend CSHB 10 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) On page 9, following line 27, insert the following new
SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION . TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD:
FORMULA FUNDING. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2005, the amount of
$600,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
increasing the amount of formula funding distributed to
institutions of higher education. The coordinating board shall
allocate money appropriated by this section to institutions of
higher education as determined appropriate by the board, consistent
with the board's funding formulas, to supplement other money
appropriated to those institutions.
(2) On page 14, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following
new SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION . LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATED
TUITION AND FEES: INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) An
institution of higher education may not expend any revenue
appropriated to the institution derived from tuition and compulsory
fees charged to any student of the institution for any academic
period of the 2005-2006 academic year to the extent that the amount
of that revenue derived from that student exceeds 103 percent of the
total amount of such tuition and compulsory fees that a similarly
situated student would have paid for the corresponding academic
period of the 2004-2005 academic year.
(b) For the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act, an institution of higher education may not expend any
revenue appropriated to the institution derived from tuition and
compulsory fees charged to any student of the institution for any
academic period of the 2006-2007 academic year to the extent that
the amount of that revenue derived from that student exceeds 106
percent of the total amount of such tuition and compulsory fees that
a similarly situated student would have paid for the corresponding
academic period of the 2004-2005 academic year.
(c) For purposes of this section, students are similarly
situated if they share the same residency status, degree program,
course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other
circumstances affecting the tuition and compulsory fees charged to
the student.
(d) This section applies only to increased revenue received
on a per student basis. This section does not restrict the
expenditure of increased revenue to the extent that the increase in
revenue is due to an increase in the number of students.
(3) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: