Amend HB 2383 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to read as follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of
the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) To be eligible for an award through the Early High
School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must:
(1) have graduated from a public high school in this
state:
(A) in not more than 41 consecutive months and
successfully completed the recommended or advanced high school
program established under Section 28.025, if the person graduated
on or after September 1, 2005;
(B) in not more than 45 consecutive months, with
at least 30 hours of college credit, and successfully completed the
recommended or advanced high school program established under
Section 28.025, if the person graduated on or after September 1,
2005; or
(C) in not more than 36 consecutive months after
successfully completing the requirements for a high school diploma,
if the person graduated before September 1, 2005, regardless of
whether the person successfully completed the recommended or
advanced high school program established under Section 28.025; and
(2) have attended [high school exclusively in] one or
more public high schools in this state for the majority of time the
person attended high school[; and
[(3) be a Texas resident as defined by coordinating
board rule].
(e) The coordinating board shall adopt rules for
determining whether a person attended public high school in this
state as required by Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION ____. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
56.203, Education Code, apply only to a student who graduates from a
public high school in this state on or after the effective date of
this Act. A student who graduates from a public high school in this
state before the effective date of this Act and the student's
eligibility to participate in the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program is governed by the law in effect immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.