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Amend CSSB 31 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:          
	SECTION ___.  Section 56.303, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a TEXAS grant may not be 
awarded to a student enrolled in a private or independent 
institution of higher education until each eligible student 
enrolled in a public institution of higher education has received a 
TEXAS grant.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter M, Chapter 56, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 56.3071 to read as follows:
	Sec. 56.3071.  EFFECT OF ELIGIBILITY FOR TUITION 
EQUALIZATION GRANT.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 56.307, the total 
amount of financial aid that a student enrolled in a private or 
independent institution of higher education is eligible to receive 
in a state fiscal year from TEXAS grants awarded under this 
subchapter may not exceed the maximum amount the student may 
receive in tuition equalization grants in that fiscal year as 
determined under Subchapter F, Chapter 61.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a student enrolled in a 
private or independent institution of higher education may not 
receive a TEXAS grant under this subchapter and a tuition 
equalization grant under Subchapter F, Chapter 61, for the same 
semester or other term, regardless of whether the student is 
otherwise eligible for both grants during that semester or term.  A 
student who but for this subsection would be awarded both a TEXAS 
grant and a tuition equalization grant for the same semester or 
other term is entitled to receive only the grant of the greater 
amount.
	SECTION ___.  Subsection (h), Section 56.307, Education 
Code, is repealed.   
	(2)  In SECTION 8 of the bill (page 5, lines 13-14), strike 
the recital and substitute the following:
	Section 61.227,  Education Code, is amended by amending 
Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(3)  At the end of SECTION 8 of the bill (page 5, between 
lines 22 and 23), insert the following:
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a student enrolled in a 
private or independent institution of higher education may not 
receive a tuition equalization grant under this subchapter and a 
TEXAS grant under Subchapter M, Chapter 56, for the same semester or 
other term, regardless of whether the student is otherwise eligible 
for both grants during that semester or term.  A student who but for 
this subsection would be awarded both a tuition equalization grant 
and a TEXAS grant for the same semester or other term is entitled to 
receive only the grant of the greater amount.
	(4)  In SECTION 9 of the bill (page 5, lines 23-29), strike 
proposed Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
	(a)  The change in law made by this Act to Subchapter M, 
Chapter 56, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
academic year, but does not affect the amount of or entitlement to 
any grant awarded before the effective date of this Act.

	(5)  In SECTION 9 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (d) 
(page 5, line 40), strike "Subsection (c),".
	(6)  Renumber the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.