Amend CSSB 774 (committee printing) as follows:                              
	(1)  Add a new SECTION to the bill to read as follows and 
renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.3041 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.3041.  AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT FOR MILITARY TRAINING.  
(a)  In this section, "institution of higher education" has the 
meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
	(b)  An institution of higher education shall consider, in 
determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a 
degree offered by the institution for the student's completion of 
certain military training:
		(1)  any official military record presented to the 
institution by the student that:
			(A)  describes the substance of the training 
completed by the student; and
			(B)  verifies the student's successful completion 
of that training; and
		(2)  whether the substance of that training satisfies 
the purpose of the course for which the student seeks credit as 
described in the institution's course catalog.
	(c)  This section applies to a student who has completed 
certain military training regardless of whether the student is 
exempt from the payment of any dues, fee or charges under Section 
54.203(a).
	(2)  Amend SECTION 3 of the bill to read as follows and 
renumber the SECTION appropriately:
	SECTION ___.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to 
Chapter 51, Education Code, takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 54.203, 
Education Code, takes effect September 1, 2005.