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	Amend CSHB 2013 (House Committee Report) as follows:                         

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (page 2, between lines 8 and 9), 	insert the following:
	(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who for a 
semester or term at an institution of higher education receives an 
exemption under this section may continue to receive the exemption 
for a subsequent semester or term at any institution only if the 
student makes satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or 
certificate at that institution as determined by the institution 
for purposes of financial aid.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the exemption provided 
under this section does not apply to any amount of additional 
tuition the institution elects to charge a resident undergraduate 
student under Section 54.014(a) or (f).
	(e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the exemption provided 
under this section does not apply to any amount of tuition the 
institution charges a graduate student in excess of the amount of 
tuition charged to similarly situated graduate students because the 
student has a number of semester credit hours of doctoral work in 
excess of the applicable number provided by Section 61.059(l)(1) or 
(2).
	(f)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall 
adopt:       
		(1)  rules governing the granting or denial of an 
exemption under this section, including rules relating to the 
determination of a student's eligibility for an exemption; and
		(2)  a uniform listing of degree programs covered by 
the exemption under this section.
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  A student who received an exemption under 
Section 54.208, Education Code, before the 2009 fall semester may 
continue to receive the exemption under the provisions of that 
section as it existed immediately before the effective date of this 
Act as long as the student remains enrolled in the same degree or 
certificate program and is otherwise eligible to continue to 
receive the exemption under that former law.