Amend CSHB 2100 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 7, strike the sentence beginning on line 7 and substitute the following:
In an action for damages brought under this subsection, the court:
(1) shall, if the court finds that an institution of higher education has violated this section, award the aggrieved person the greater of:
(A) the amount of the person's compensatory damages; or
(B) $1,000; and
(2) may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
(2) On page 7, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:
(____) An institution of higher education's sovereign immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created under this section.