Amend CSHB 1 (House committee printing) in Article III of the 
bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board (page III-52), by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider:
	____.  Grants to Nursing Education Programs. Contingent on 
the passage of HB 1894, or similar legislation relating to the 
provision of grants by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating 
Board to nursing education programs, the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board may use the amount appropriated for the state 
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2007, to the board in 
Strategy G.1.2., Earnings-Nursing/Allied Health (page III-39), to 
provide grants to nursing education programs as described by 
Section 63.202(f), Education Code.