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Amend SB 1227 on third reading as follows:
(1) In the SECTION of the bill adding Section 56.3071,
Education Code, strike added Subsection (b), Section 56.3071, and
substitute the following:
(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. This subsection does not apply to a grant recipient who is
enrolled in an eligible institution at which 40 percent or more of
the total number of the institution's students are members of
ethnic or racial groups that are underrepresented among
undergraduate students at public or private institutions of higher
education in this state.
(1) In the SECTION of the bill adding Section 61.227,
Education Code, strike added Subsection (d), Section 61.227, and
substitute 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. This subsection does
not apply to a grant recipient who is enrolled in an approved
institution at which 40 percent or more of the total number of the
institution's students are members of ethnic or racial groups that
are underrepresented among undergraduate students at public or
private institutions of higher education in this state.