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	Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION under the special provisions relating only to state 
agencies of higher education in Article III of the bill (page 
III-208), and renumbering existing SECTIONS of that article 
accordingly:
	Sec. ____.  Mexican American Studies Program or Other Course 
Work.  It is the intent of the legislature that the governing board 
of each general academic institution or public community or junior 
college located in one or more counties with a substantial and 
growing Mexican American population establish a Mexican American 
studies program or other course work in Mexican American studies at 
the institution or college or at another institution or college 
under the supervision of the same governing board within that 
county or counties.  For that purpose, the governing board of an 
institution or college described by this section may use a portion 
of the available general revenue funds otherwise appropriated to 
the institution or college by this Act for the purpose of:
		(1)  evaluating the demand for and feasibility of 
establishing a Mexican American studies program or other course 
work in Mexican American studies at the institution or college or at 
another institution or college under the supervision of the same 
governing board; and
		(2)  establishing and operating such a program or other 
course work at the institution or college.