S.B. No. 331         AN ACT   relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent   college or university to continue to participate in the tuition   equalization grant program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.222(c), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  The coordinating board may grant temporary approval for   a period of two years and may renew the approval twice [once].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 331 passed the Senate on   March 20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 5.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 331 passed the House on   May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 99, Nays 44, two present   not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor