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Amend CSHB 3015 as follows:
(1) Add the following new SECTION to the bill and renumber
the subsequent sections appropriately:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.0515 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.0515. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON TUITION
DEREGULATION. (a) In this section, "committee" means the
legislative oversight committee on tuition deregulation.
(b) The committee is composed of ten members as follows:
(1) five members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(2) five members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) One member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
governor shall be designated as co-chair and one member of the house
of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives shall be designated as co-chair.
(d) An appointed member of the committee serves at the
pleasure of the appointing official. In making appointments to the
committee, the appointing officials shall attempt to appoint
persons who represent the gender composition, minority
populations, and geographic regions of the state.
(e) The committee shall:
(1) meet at least annually;
(2) monitor the implementation of tuition
deregulation; and
(3) receive and review information concerning the
impact of tuition deregulation.
(f) The committee may request reports and other information
from institutions of higher education and the coordinating board as
necessary to carry out this section.
(g) The coordinating board shall:
(1) report to the committee on the development of the
performance criteria adopted for each institution of higher
education under Section 54.0513(b-3); and
(2) report to the committee each year on the
certification of any institution of higher education under Section
54.0513(b-3).
(h) Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year,
the committee shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor,
and speaker of the house of representatives on the committee's
activities under Subsection (e). The report shall include:
(1) an analysis of any problems caused by tuition
deregulation; and
(2) recommendations of any legislative action
necessary to address those problems.
(i) This section expires September 1, 2007.
(2) On page 2, strike lines 66 to 69, and substitute the
following:
"(1) not less than 20 percent of the amount of tuition
charged to a resident undergraduate student under Section 54.0513
in excess of $46 but less than or equal to $92 per semester credit
hour;
(2) not less than 40 percent of the amount of tuition
charged to a resident undergraduate student under Section 54.0513
in excess of $92 per semester credit hour; and
(3) not less than three percent of the amount of"