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Overview                                                             
	Add following rider to Article XI. Create new rider that, 
contingent on passage and enactment of HB 2978 or similar 
legislation, increases appropriations to the Higher Education 
Coordinating Board by $5 million per year to fund an engineering 
summer program and an engineering scholarship program established 
by this legislation. 

Required Action                                                        
	On page III-52 of the Higher Education Coordinating Board 
bill pattern, add the following new rider:
	____. Contingency Rider for HB 2978. Contingent on passage 
and enactment of HB  2978 or similar legislation related to the 
establishment of an engineering summer programs and engineering 
scholarship program, the Higher Education Coordinating Board is 
hereby appropriated $5,000,000 in General Revenue in fiscal year 
2008 and $5,000,000 in General Revenue in fiscal year 2009.