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Amend CSSB 1 on page III-74, in the Higher Education Coordinating Board's bill pattern, insert the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Joint Admission Medical Program; Funding and Report. It is the intent of the legislature that, out of funds appropriated above, the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) Council shall compile and submit a report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and other parties, pursuant to Section 51.834(a), Education Code, on December 31 of each even-numbered year.
The report shall be in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), any provisions of Chapter 551, Government Code, and detail program activities, including:
(a) expenditure of appropriated program funding with a statement of any ending balance and monies that remain unobligated and unexpended for each fiscal year;
(b) the number of students admitted, enrolled, withdrawn, or subject to disciplinary actions, with analysis of council or voluntary initiation, and the reasons provided for such actions in the program;
(c) graduate medical scholarship expenditure awarded to participating medical students, with justifications for retaining any ending balance, including unobligated and unexpended balances, at the end of a state fiscal year in lieu of expending the excess funds to increase the medical scholarship amount;
(d) actions taken to allocate, at a minimum, thirty percent of program appropriation expenditure to graduate medical scholarships with prioritization over other scholarships;
(e) JAMP council meeting information, including dates, times, agendas, and public notices provided to students in the program; and
(f) provisions and means implemented for students in the program to provide online anonymous and identified feedback and options for participation in JAMP Council meetings.