Amend HB 708, on third reading, by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering existing 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 61.0595(d), Education Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The following are not counted for purposes of 
determining whether the student has previously earned the number of 
semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
		(1)  semester credit hours earned by the student before 
receiving an associate or [a] baccalaureate degree that has 
previously been awarded to the student;
		(2)  semester credit hours earned by the student by 
examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned 
without registering for a course for which tuition is charged;
		(3)  credit for a remedial education course, a 
technical course, a workforce education course funded according to 
contact hours, or another course that does not count toward a degree 
program at the institution;  [and]
		(4)  semester credit hours earned by the student at a 
private institution or an out-of-state institution;  and
		(5)  semester credit hours earned by the student before 
graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school 
graduation requirements.
	(b)  The change in law made by this section to Section 
61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding 
recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the 
2011-2012 academic year.