Amend CSHB 2937 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) Strike added Section 61.0764(b), Education Code (page 1, lines 34 through 45), and substitute the following:
(b) The board shall select one licensed hospital located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and that has a population of at least 700,000 and not more than 800,000 to participate in the pilot program. The hospital must be accredited by The Joint Commission and:
(1) have been issued:
(A) a certificate of approval to offer a program of instruction by the Texas Workforce Commission under Subchapter C, Chapter 132; or
(B) a certificate of authority to award a degree for a program of study by the board under Subchapter G of this chapter;
(2) be accredited to offer a degree program by the appropriate recognized regional accrediting agency; or
(3) must:
(A) have entered into a partnership with an institution of higher education to offer dual credit courses under the pilot program; and
(B) be seeking authorization to offer a program of instruction or study as described by Subdivision (1) or accreditation to offer a degree program as described by Subdivision (2).
(2) In added Section 61.0764(c), Education Code (page 1, lines 46 through 50), strike the text and substitute the following:
(c) The licensed hospital selected under Subsection (b):
(1) may offer under the pilot program only dual credit courses that are in the curriculum of the hospital's program of instruction or study or degree program described by Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3), as applicable; and
(3) In added Section 61.0764(d), Education Code (page 1, line 56), strike "A" and substitute "The".
(4) In added Section 61.0764(f), Education Code (page 2, lines 18 and 19), strike "offering the course".