Amend CSHB 1 as follows:
      (1)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, strike the sums appropriated for Strategy A.3.1,
Instructional Materials (page III-3), and substitute for that
strategy the sum of $532,865,427 for the year ending August 31,
1998, and the sum of $11,016,987 and the unexpended balance for the
year ending August 31, 1999.
      (2)  In Article III, under the appropriations to the Texas
Education Agency, add the following rider, appropriately numbered:
      _____. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEXTBOOKS.  Of the amounts
appropriated under Strategy A.3.1, the sum of $100,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending August 31, 1998, shall be used to purchase
textbooks in English language arts at the kindergarten and first,
second, and third grade levels.  The selection process of the State
Board of Education for those textbooks must incorporate the most
recent findings from research conducted by the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development.
      (3)  Adjust the totals and methods of financing
appropriately.