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Amend HB 589 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (d), Section 87.841, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
Texas A&M University--San Antonio may not operate as a general 
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Texas A&M 
University--Kingsville System Center--San Antonio has reached an 
enrollment equivalent of 1,000 full-time students for one semester 
or one academic year.  In computing the full-time student 
enrollment equivalent for an academic year under this subsection, 
the coordinating board shall include all semester credit hours 
completed during the fall and spring semesters and the summer 
session of the academic year[:
		[(1)  1,000 full-time students for one semester if the 
legislature authorizes revenue bonds to be issued to finance 
educational and related facilities for the institution, and the 
bonds are issued for that purpose; or
		[(2)  2,500 full-time students for one semester if the 
conditions specified by Subdivision (1) are not satisfied].
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (d), Section 105.501, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
the University of North Texas at Dallas may operate as a general 
academic teaching institution with its own chief executive officer, 
administration, and faculty only after the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the University of 
North Texas System Center at Dallas has reached an enrollment 
equivalent to 1,000 full-time students for one semester or one 
academic year.  In computing the full-time student enrollment 
equivalent for an academic year under this subsection, the 
coordinating board shall include all semester credit hours 
completed during the fall and spring semesters and the summer 
session of the academic year.  Until that enrollment level is 
reached, the board may operate a system center of the University of 
North Texas in the city of Dallas.  [Prior to reaching 2,500 
full-time equivalent students, the University of North Texas at 
Dallas may not receive general revenue in excess of the 2003 
expended amount with the exception of funding provided through the 
General Academic Instruction and Operations Formula for semester 
credit hour increases and the Tuition Revenue Bond debt service for 
bonds approved in the 78th Legislature.  The institution will not be 
eligible to receive the small school supplement in the General 
Academic Instruction and Operations Formula until it reaches 2,500 
full-time equivalent student enrollment.]