Amend CSSB 1141 (Senate committee printing) by striking all 
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Subchapter FF to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER FF.  REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST 
AND AUDIOLOGIST EDUCATION LOANS
	Sec. 61.9801.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                        
		(1)  "Audiologist" means a person licensed as an 
audiologist under Chapter 401, Occupations Code.
		(2)  "Communicative disorders program" means:                          
			(A)  a graduate degree program in audiology or 
speech-language pathology accredited by the Council on Academic 
Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; or
			(B)  an undergraduate degree program that 
prepares and qualifies a student to apply for admission to a 
graduate degree program described by Paragraph (A).
		(3)  "Public school" means a public preschool or 
primary or secondary school in this state.
		(4)  "Speech-language pathologist" means a person 
licensed as a speech-language pathologist under Chapter 401, 
Occupations Code.
	Sec. 61.9802.  REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.  The board 
shall provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, 
assistance in the repayment of student loans for speech-language 
pathologists and audiologists who apply and qualify for assistance.
	Sec. 61.9803.  ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  To be eligible to receive 
repayment assistance, a speech-language pathologist or an 
audiologist must:
		(1)  apply to the board; and                                           
		(2)  at the time the speech-language pathologist or 
audiologist applies for the assistance:
			(A)  have been employed as a speech-language 
pathologist or as an audiologist, as applicable, for at least one 
year by, and be currently employed full-time in that capacity by, a 
public school; or
			(B)  have been employed as a faculty member of a 
communicative disorders program at an institution of higher 
education or private or independent institution of higher education 
for at least one year, and be currently employed full-time in that 
capacity at such an institution.
	(b)  The board by rule may provide for repayment assistance 
on a pro rata basis for speech-language pathologists and 
audiologists employed part-time by a public school or by an 
institution of higher education or private or independent 
institution of higher education.
	Sec. 61.9804.  LIMITATION.  (a)  On qualifying for the 
assistance, a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist may 
receive repayment assistance grants for each year of employment, 
not to exceed five years, by:
		(1)  a public school; or                                               
		(2)  a communicative disorders program at an 
institution of higher education or private or independent 
institution of higher education.
	(b)  The total amount of repayment assistance grants 
received by a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist under 
this subchapter may not exceed, for each applicable year of 
employment:
		(1)  for an eligible recipient who holds a master's 
degree but not a doctoral degree, $6,000; or
		(2)  for an eligible recipient who holds a doctoral 
degree, $9,000.  
	Sec. 61.9805.  ELIGIBLE LOANS.  (a)  The board may provide 
repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for 
education at any public or private institution of higher education, 
including loans for undergraduate education, received by a 
speech-language pathologist or an audiologist through any lender.
	(b)  Each state fiscal biennium, the board shall attempt to 
provide repayment assistance in amounts sufficient to use all the 
money appropriated to the board for that biennium for the purpose of 
providing repayment assistance under this subchapter.
	Sec. 61.9806.  REPAYMENT.  (a)  After each year of employment 
for which a speech-language pathologist or audiologist is eligible 
to receive a repayment assistance grant under this subchapter, the 
coordinating board shall deliver any repayment made under this 
subchapter in a lump sum payable:
		(1)  to both the speech-language pathologist or 
audiologist and the lender or other holder of the loan; or
		(2)  directly to the lender or other holder of the loan, 
on behalf of the speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
	(b)  A repayment made under this subchapter may be applied to 
both the principal amount of the loan and to interest on the loan.
	Sec. 61.9807.  ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  The board may appoint 
advisory committees to assist the board in administering this 
subchapter.
	Sec. 61.9808.  ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.  The board may accept 
gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter.
	Sec. 61.9809.  RULES.  (a)  The board shall adopt rules 
necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
	(b)  The board shall distribute a copy of the rules adopted 
under this section and pertinent information regarding this 
subchapter to:

		(1)  each appropriate institution of higher education 
or private or independent institution of higher education;
		(2)  any appropriate state agency; and                                 
		(3)  any appropriate professional association.                         
	SECTION 2.  This Act does not make an appropriation.  A 
provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, 
creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental 
entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the 
legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the 
provision.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.