Bill Amendment: TX SB17 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.

Status: 2023-06-17 - Effective on 1/1/24 [SB17 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB17-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F6-Men_ndez.html

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Amend CSSB 17 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51.3525, Education Code (page 3, between lines 11 and 12), by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections accordingly:

( ) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the governing board of an institution of higher education is not required to comply with this section, and the state auditor or a court may not enforce any provision of this section in regard to any institution of higher education, if the governing board of an institution certifies to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that the institution applied for and was denied grant funding as a result of the institution's compliance with Subsections (b)(1)(A) and (B). The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall publish a certification made under this subsection in the Texas Register.