Amend CSSB 1227 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:          
	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 ____.  Section 61.227, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(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.
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (h), Section 56.307, Education 
Code, is repealed.  
	SECTION ____.  The change in law made this Act to Section 
61.227, Education Code, applies beginning with grants for the 
2005-2006 academic year, but only for grants awarded on or after the 
effective date of this Act.  A grant awarded before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before 
the effective date, and the former law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	(2)  Strike SECTION 38 of the bill (page 13, lines 25-29) and 
substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
	SECTION ____.  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.
	(3)  Renumber the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.