S.B. No. 993
  8-1                          COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
  8-2     Amend S.B. 993 as follows:
  8-3           (1)  In Section 2 of the bill, in Section 11.2011, Education
  8-4     Code (page 1, lines 5-16), strike subsection (a) and insert the
  8-5     following:
  8-6     "The legislature may appropriate funds from the Foundation School
  8-7     Fund to the Central Education Agency for the purpose of developing
  8-8     and implementing community education projects.  The Foundation
  8-9     School Fund Budget Committee shall consider the cost of community
 8-10     education development projects in estimating the funds needed for
 8-11     Foundation School Fund purposes.  The agency shall actively seek
 8-12     gifts, grants or other donations for purposes related to community
 8-13     education development projects, unless the acceptance is prohibited
 8-14     by some other law.  Money received under this subsection shall be
 8-15     deposited in the account established pursuant to subsection (b) and
 8-16     may be appropriated only for the purpose for which the money was
 8-17     given."
 8-18           (2)  In Section 2 of the bill, in Section 11.2011, Education
 8-19     Code (page 1, line 17), add a new subsection (b) and reletter the
 8-20     existing subsections accordingly:
 8-21           "(b)  The community education development account is created
 8-22     as a dedicated account within the Foundation School Fund in the
 8-23     state treasury.  The account shall consist of community-education
 8-24     related gifts, grants and donations, and shall be administered by
 8-25     the Central Education Agency."
 8-26                                                                  Stiles