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Amend CSHB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered rider in Article III, at the end of the appropriations for special provisions relating only to state agencies of higher education (page III-219):
Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated under this Article may be expended by an institution of higher education to pay the cost of any educational benefit, including benefits such as in-state tuition or other tuition benefits, state-fund financial aid, or a state-funded scholarship, for a person who is not authorized by law to be present in the United States. It is the intent of the legislature that an institution of higher education apply any amount saved due to this restriction to fund tuition equalization grants and other forms of grants and loans for students who are legally authorized to be in the United States, and that amount is appropriated from the appropriate funds for that purpose.