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Amend Amendment No. 20 by Capriglione to CSSB 215 by striking page 1, line 6, to page 2, line 2, and substituting the following:
Sec. 54.017. ELIMINATION OF TUITION DEREGULATION. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall adopt and implement a plan to eliminate the authority of institutions of higher education to increase tuition rates under Section 54.0513 in excess of the rates charged under that section for the 2013-2014 academic year.
(b) An institution of higher education may not charge tuition under Section 54.0513 in an academic year after the 2014-2015 academic year at a rate that exceeds the applicable rate permitted under the plan adopted under Subsection (a).
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that maximum tuition rates at institutions of higher education to which this section applies be determined by the legislature beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year.