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Amend Amendment No. 1 by Deshotel to CSHB 3015 by striking the 
text of the amendment and substituting the following:
	Amend CSHB 3015 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following:
	SECTION 1. (a) The House Committee on Higher Education, after 
the regular session of the 78th Legislature, shall conduct a study 
of alternative methods by which rates for tuition and fees at public 
institutions of higher education may be set by the legislature and 
by the governing boards of those institutions.  The study shall 
consider the impact of those alternatives on:
		(1) revenue for the operation of institutions of higher 
education;          
		(2) enrollment;                                                               
		(3) graduation;                                                               
		(4) educational quality;                                                      
		(5) affordability;                                                            
		(6) student financial aid;                                                    
		(7) state college savings and guaranteed tuition plans;                       
		(8) progress toward the goals and targets of the master 
plan for higher education established under Section 61.051(a), 
Education Code; and
		(9) any other factors determined by the committee to be 
significant.        
	(b) The committee shall present the results of the study 
along with its recommendations to the legislature not later than 
December 1, 2004.
	1.