Amend CSSB 1 as follows: (1) Under the Article XI appropriations to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (page XI-6), add the following appropriately numbered rider: ____. Contingent Appropriation: Resident Tuition Exemption at Public Institutions of Higher Education for Children of Certain Parents Deployed on Active Military Duty. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of SB 297 or similar legislation of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, that provides a resident tuition exemption at public institutions of higher education for children of certain members of the armed forces who are deployed on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the United States, the sum of $699,229 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2009, for the purpose of reimbursing public institutions of higher education that provide those tuition exemptions. (2) Adjust the article totals (page XI-12) accordingly.