Amend CSHB 1 as follows:
      (1)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy B.3.1,
Regional Training and Development (page III-6), and substitute for
that strategy the sum of $29,618,440 for the year ending August 31,
1998, and the sum of $29,618,440 for the year ending August 31,
1999.
      (2)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy C.1.1,
Accountability Operations (page III-6), and substitute for that
strategy the sum of $7,582,149 for the year ending August 31, 1998,
and the sum of $7,737,028 for the year ending August 31, 1999.
      (3)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy C.1.2,
School Finance System Operations (page III-7), and substitute for
that strategy the sum of $11,157,043 for the year ending August 31,
1998, and the sum of $11,138,430 for the year ending August 31,
1999.
      (4)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy C.1.3,
Improving Instruction Operations (page III-7), and substitute for
that strategy the sum of $6,791,233 for the year ending August 31,
1998, and the sum of $6,810,539 for the year ending August 31,
1999.
      (5)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy C.2.1,
Local Authority Operations (page III-7), and substitute for that
strategy the sum of $3,683,110 for the year ending August 31, 1998,
and the sum of $3,864,102 for the year ending August 31, 1999.
      (6)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy D.1.1,
Central Administration (page III-8), and substitute for that
strategy the sum of $5,502,350 for the year ending August 31, 1998,
and the sum of $5,340,443 for the year ending August 31, 1999.
      (7)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy D.1.2,
Information Resources (page III-8), and substitute for that
strategy the sum of $5,910,728 for the year ending August 31, 1998,
and the sum of $5,943,775 for the year ending August 31, 1999.