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Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Under the Article XI provisions for the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board (pages XI-6 to XI-7), add the
following item:
Rider: Contingency for HB 181, Financial Incentives to
Certain Students at Institutions of Higher Education Who Agree to
Teach Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language, or Spanish
in Certain Public Schools. Contingent on the enactment and
becoming law of HB 181 or similar legislation of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, relating to the establishment of a
program to provide financial incentives to certain students at
institutions of higher education who agree to teach bilingual
education, English as a second language, or Spanish in certain
public schools, in addition to other general revenue amounts
appropriated for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the
following amounts are appropriated out of the general revenue fund
to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, to be used to provide
financial incentives to students under the program:
(1) $1 million for graduate fellowships and
scholarships provided under the program; and
(2) $4 million to be allocated in equal amounts among
the following institutions for the purpose of providing financial
incentives under the program to undergraduate students enrolled in
the institutions: the University of North Texas; the University of
North Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at Arlington; Texas
Woman's University; the University of Houston; and The University
of Texas--Pan American.
(2) Adjust the Article III total (page XI-12) accordingly.