Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

1)  In the bill pattern for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, amend Rider 53 to read:

53.  Higher Education Coordinating Board Contingent Appropriations, Formula Funding for The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Appropriations made to the Higher Education Coordinating Board in Strategy F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding in the amount of $9,308,740 in fiscal year 2014 and $9,308,739 in fiscal year 2015 are contingent on:

a)  The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College providing the Higher Education Coordinating Board with updated 2014-15 base period semester data for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours;

b)  The Legislative Budget Board calculating the lower level undergraduate formula funding amounts for The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hour formula amounts for Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 using the data provided in subsection a; and

c)  The Legislative Budget Board not issuing a written disapproval before the 15th day after the date the staff of the Legislative Budget Board concludes its review of the new lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, and forwards the staff's recommendations to the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Speaker of the House, and Lieutenant Governor.

The new formula funding allocations for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, will be provided by the Legislative Budget Board staff to the Higher Education Coordinating Board to distributetransfer the lower level undergraduate formula funding allocationsappropriations, excluding dual-credit hours, to The University of Texas at Brownsville and the non-developmental education academic contact hour formula funding allocationsappropriations, excluding dual credit hours, to Texas Southmost College for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Should the total amount of formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 exceed the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 shall be prorated and shall not exceed the total amount appropriated in the 2014-15 biennium in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding.

If the total amount of formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 are less than the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the remaining appropriation amount shall lapse.

2)  In the bill pattern for The University of Texas at Brownsville, amend Rider 3 to read:

3.  Higher Education Coordinating Board Contingent Appropriations, Formula Funding for The University of Texas at Brownsville. Appropriations made to the Higher Education Coordinating Board in Strategy F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding in the amount of $9,308,740 in fiscal year 2014 and $9,308,739 in fiscal year 2015 are contingent on:

a)  The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College providing the Higher Education Coordinating Board with updated 2014-15 base period semester data for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours;

b)  The Legislative Budget Board calculating the lower level undergraduate formula funding amounts for The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hour formula amounts for Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 using the data provided in subsection a; and

c)  The Legislative Budget Board not issuing a written disapproval before the 15th day after the date the staff of the Legislative Budget Board concludes its review of the new lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, and forwards the staff's recommendations to the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Speaker of the House, and Lieutenant Governor.

The new formula funding allocations for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, will be provided by the Legislative Budget Board staff to the Higher Education Coordinating Board to distributetransfer the lower level undergraduate formula funding allocationsappropriations, excluding dual-credit hours, to The University of Texas at Brownsville and the non-developmental education academic contact hour formula funding allocationsappropriations, excluding dual credit hours, to Texas Southmost College for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Should the total amount of formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 exceed the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 shall be prorated and shall not exceed the total amount appropriated in the 2014-15 biennium in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding.

If the total amount of formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 are less than the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the remaining appropriation amount shall lapse.

3)  In the bill pattern for Public Community/Junior Colleges, amend Rider 20 to read:

20.   Higher Education Coordinating Board Contingent Appropriations, Formula Funding for Texas Southmost College. Appropriations made to the Higher Education Coordinating Board in Strategy F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding in the amount of $9,308,740 in fiscal year 2014 and $9,308,739 in fiscal year 2015 are contingent on:

a)  The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College providing the Higher Education Coordinating Board with updated 2014-15 base period semester data for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours;

b)  The Legislative Budget Board calculating the lower level undergraduate formula funding amounts for The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hour formula amounts for Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 using the data provided in subsection a; and

c)  The Legislative Budget Board not issuing a written disapproval before the 15th day after the date the staff of the Legislative Budget board concludes its review of the new lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, and forwards the staff's recommendations to the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Speaker of the House, and Lieutenant Governor.

The new formula funding allocations for lower for lower level undergraduate semester credit hours at The University of Texas at Brownsville, excluding dual-credit hours, and the non-developmental education academic contact hours at Texas Southmost College, excluding dual-credit hours, will be provided by the Legislative Budget Board staff to the Higher Education Coordinating Board to distributetransfer the lower level undergraduate formula funding allocationsappropriations, excluding dual credit hours, to Texas Southmost College for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Should the total amount of formula funding allocations be provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 exceed the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 shall be prorated and shall not exceed the total amount appropriated in the 2014-15 biennium in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding.

If the total amount of formula funding allocations provided to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by the Legislative Budget Board for formula funding purposes described in this rider for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 are less than the amounts appropriated above in F.1.4, UTB TSC Transition Funding for the 2014-15 biennium, the remaining appropriation amount shall lapse.