Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Appropriation for PATS Pilot Project at The University of Texas at Tyler. Contingent on approval by the Legislative Budget Board that the university has received from other sources funds in an amount of not less than $1,000,000 that have been set aside for purposes of the project, there is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to The University of Texas at Tyler for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, the amount of $2,500,000 for the purpose of funding the Patriots Applying Technology for Savings (PATS) pilot project at the university to develop and offer degree programs in hybrid formats incorporating alternative course-delivery methods that are intended to achieve cost savings and other efficiencies.