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Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
(1)  On page X-6 of the State Auditor's Office bill pattern, strike $21,802,403 in fiscal year 2022 in Strategy A.1.1, State Auditor, and substitute $14,302,403, and strike $21,802,402 in fiscal year 2023 in Strategy A.1.1, State Auditor, and substitute $14,302,402.
(2)  On page III-208 of the Public Community/Junior Colleges bill pattern, add the following new rider:
25.  Need-Based Supplements. Out of funds appropriated above, general revenue is appropriated as follows:

2022
2023
Angelina College
$500,000
$500,000
Cisco Junior College
$500,000
$500,000
Clarendon College
$500,000
$500,000
Coastal Bend College
$500,000
$500,000
Frank Phillips College
$500,000
$500,000
Hill College
$500,000
$500,000
Kilgore College
$500,000
$500,000
Navarro College
$500,000
$500,000
Northeast Texas Community College
$500,000
$500,000
Panola College
$500,000
$500,000
Paris Junior College
$500,000
$500,000
Ranger College
$500,000
$500,000
South Plains College
$500,000
$500,000
Southwest Texas Junior College
$500,000
$500,000
Vernon College
$500,000
$500,000
Eligibility for appropriations made in this rider considers the following:
(a)  A fiscal year 2020 composite financial index as calculated by the Higher Education Coordinating Board, including:
(a)  expendable assets to total expenses;
(b)  expendable assets to total noncurrent liabilities;
(c)  growth in expendable assets during the previous fiscal year;
(d)  operating surplus or deficit;
(e)  availability of capital resources; and
(f)  amount of debt in relation to net position;
(b)  Six-year contact hour growth trend;
(c)  The average income of the students in fiscal year 2020 that completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), completed a Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA), or were enrolled in the institution and received aid but did not complete a FAFSA or TASFA;
(d)  The July 1, 2019, population of the municipality containing the community college's main campus, as determined by the United States Census Bureau; and
(e)  Fiscal year 2020 student contact hours as related to fiscal year 2020 gross assessed district valuation.
An individual's eligibility for a grant made from appropriations made in this rider should consider the need-based supplements outlined in this rider.