Amend CSSB 1227 (House committee printing) as follows:                       

(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (3), 	Subsection (a), Section 52.32, Education Code (page 3, line 11), 
between "education" and the semicolon, insert "or alternative 
educator certification program".
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike amended Subdivision 
(4), Subsection (a), Section 52.32, Education Code (page 3, lines 
12-13), and substitute the following:
		(4)  has submitted to the board at least two 
references, including the names of the persons giving those 
references and appropriate contact information for those persons
[been recommended by reputable persons in his home community]; and
	(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 52.33, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 52.33.  AMOUNT OF LOAN.  The amount of the loan to any 
qualified applicant shall be limited to the difference between the 
financial resources available to the applicant [him], including but 
not limited to the applicant's [his] income from parents and other 
sources, scholarships, gifts, grants, other financial aid, and the 
amount the applicant [he] can reasonably be expected to earn, and 
the amount necessary to pay the applicant's [his] reasonable 
expenses as a student at the participating institution of higher 
education where the applicant [he] has been accepted for 
enrollment, under the rules and regulations adopted by the board.  
The total loan to any individual student may never be more than the 
amount the student [he] can reasonably be expected to repay in the
[a] maximum loan period provided by board rule [of 10 years after he 
is last enrolled in a participating institution], except as 
otherwise provided for in this chapter.
	SECTION ____.  Section 52.35, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 52.35.  TERM OF LOANS.  The term of all authorized loans 
must be for the shortest possible period consistent with general 
practice by issuers of student loans, as determined by the board.  
[However, no loan may be made to any student for a period longer 
than 10 years from the date he is last enrolled in a participating 
institution.]