By: West  S.B. No. 331          (In the Senate - Filed December 15, 2016; January 30, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;   February 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;   February 27, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 331 By:  Watson     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.     * * * * *