Amend CSSB 1227 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:          
	SECTION __.  Section 56.301, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 56.301.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                                
		(1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board.
		(2)  "Eligible institution" means[:                          
			[(A)]  an institution of higher education that 
offers one or more undergradutate degree or certification 
programs[; or
			[(B)  a private or independent institution of 
higher education].
		(3)  "Public junior college" ["Private or independent 
institution of higher education," "public junior college,"] and 
"public technical institute" have the meanings assigned by Section 
61.003.
	SECTION ___.  Section 56.302(b), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a grant of 
money to enable eligible students to attend public [and private] 
institutions of higher education in this state.
	(2)  In the recital to SECTION 14 of the bill (page 5, lines 
7-8), strike the recital and substitute "Subsections (a) and (e), 
Section 56.304, Education Code, are amended to read as follows:".
	(3)  In SECTION 14 of the bill, between the recital and 
amended Subsection (e), Section 56.304, Education Code (page 5, 
between lines 8 and 9), insert the following:
	(a)  To be eligible initially for a TEXAS grant, a person 
must:              
		(1)  be a resident of this state as determined by 
coordinating board rules; 
		(2)  meet either of the following academic 
requirements:                    
			(A)  be a graduate of a public or accredited 
private high school in this state who graduated not earlier than the 
1998-1999 school year and who completed the recommended or advanced 
high school curriculum established under Section 28.002 or 28.025 
or its equivalent; or
			(B)  have received an associate degree from a 
public or private [an eligible] institution of higher education not 
earlier than May 1, 2001;
		(3)  meet financial need requirements as defined by the 
coordinating board; 
		(4)  be enrolled in an undergraduate degree or 
certificate program at an eligible institution;
		(5)  be enrolled as:                                                          
			(A)  an entering undergraduate student for at 
least three-fourths of a full course load for an entering 
undergraduate student, as determined by the coordinating board, not 
later than the 16th month after the date of the person's graduation 
from high school; or
			(B)  an entering student for at least 
three-fourths of a full course load for an undergraduate student as 
determined by the coordinating board, not later than the 12th month 
after the month the person receives an associate degree from a 
public or private [an eligible] institution of higher education;
		(6)  have applied for any available financial aid or 
assistance; and        
		(7)  comply with any additional nonacademic 
requirement adopted by the coordinating board under this 
subchapter.
	(4)  In SECTION 15 of the bill, in proposed Paragraph (B), 
Subdivision (2), Subsection (e), Section 56.305, Education Code 
(page 5, line 43), between "attempted at" and "institutions", 
insert "public or private".
	(5)  In the recital to SECTION 16 of the bill (page 5, line 
61), strike "Subsections (b)" and substitute "Subsections (a)".
	(6)  In SECTION 16 of the bill, strike amended Subsection 
(b), Section 56.307, Education Code (page 5, lines 63-69), and 
substitute the following:
	(a)  The amount of a TEXAS grant for a semester or term for a 
person enrolled full-time at an eligible institution other than an 
institution covered by Subsection [(b),] (c)[,] or (d) is the 
amount determined by the coordinating board as the average 
statewide amount of tuition and required fees that a resident 
student enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate degree program would 
be charged for that semester or term at general academic teaching 
institutions.
	(7)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill:           
	SECTION __.  Subsections (b) and (h), Section 56.307, 
Education Code, are repealed.
	(8)  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.
	(9)  Renumber other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.