Amend CSSB 215 as follows:
(1) In amended Section 61.0512, Education Code, strike Subsections (f) and (g) (Committee printing page 7, lines 45-53) and substitute the following:
(f) The board may not order the consolidation or elimination of any degree or certificate program offered by an institution of higher education but may, based on the board's review under Subsections (d) and (e), recommend such action to an institution's governing board. If an institution's governing board does not accept recommendations to consolidate or eliminate a degree or certificate program, the university system or, where a system does not exist, the institution, must identify the programs recommended for consolidation or elimination on the next legislative appropriations request submitted by the system or institution.
(2) In Subsection (h), Section 61.0512, Education Code (Committee printing page 7, line 54), strike "(h)" and substitute "(g)".