Amend CSSB 17 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, after added Section 51.3525(b), Education Code (page 2, between lines 52 and 53), by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections and references to those subsections accordingly:
(__) An accrediting agency may not take or threaten to take adverse action against an institution of higher education based on the institution's compliance with this section. If an accrediting agency takes or threatens to take adverse action against an institution of higher education in violation of this subsection, the attorney general, the institution, or an employee of the institution may bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief against the agency.