Amend HB 1843 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "Section 51.803 (a-3), Education Code, is" and substitute "Sections 51.803 (a-3) and (k), Education Code, are".

(2)  Strike page 1, line 10, and substitute the following:

(k)  A general academic teaching institution may not offer admission under Subsection (a-1) for an academic year after the 2017-2018 academic year if, on the date of the institution's general deadline for applications for admission of first-time undergraduate students for that academic year:

(1)  a final court order applicable to the institution prohibits the institution from considering an applicant's race or ethnicity as a factor in the institution's decisions relating to first-time undergraduate admissions; or

(2)  the institution's governing board by rule, policy, or other manner has provided that an applicant's race or ethnicity may not be considered as a factor in the institution's decisions relating to first-time undergraduate admissions for that[, except that this subdivision does not apply to an institution that did not consider, on or before June 1, 2009, an applicant's race or ethnicity as a factor in its admissions of first-time resident undergraduate students for the 2009-2010] academic year.

(3)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.