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      Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
      (1)  Between SECTIONS 1.11 and 1.12 of the bill (house
committee report, page 7, between lines 12 and 13), insert the
following new SECTION and renumber accordingly:
      SECTION 1.12.  Subsection (a), Section 42.251, Education
Code, is amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The sum of the basic allotment under Subchapter B and
the special allotments under Subchapter C, computed in accordance
with this chapter, constitute the tier one allotments.  The sum of
the tier one allotments and<,> the guaranteed yield allotments
under Subchapter F, <and assistance provided under the school
facilities assistance program under Subchapter H,> computed in
accordance with this chapter, constitute the total cost of the
Foundation School Program.
      (2)  In SECTION 1.13 of the bill, in added Section 42.158,
Education Code (house committee report, page 9, between lines 1 and
2), insert the following:
      (e)  A school district that is required to take action under
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth
level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the allotments to
which the district is entitled under this section, against the
total amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to
purchase attendance credits.  A school district that is otherwise
ineligible for state aid under this chapter is entitled to receive
allotments under this section.
      (3)  In SECTION 1.13 of the bill, in added Section 42.158(e),
Education Code (house committee report, page 9, line 2), strike
"(e)" and substitute "(f)".
      (4)  In SECTION 1.13 of the bill, in added Section 42.158(f),
Education Code (house committee report, page 9, line 4), strike
"(f)" and substitute "(g)".
      (5)  In SECTION 1.15 of the bill, in added Section
42.2512(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 10, lines
13 and 14), strike "For the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school years,
a" and substitute "A".
      (6)  In SECTION 1.15 of the bill, strike added Section
42.2512(a)(1), Education Code (house committee report, page 10,
lines 18-21), and substitute the following:
            "(1)  an amount equal to the product of $3,000
multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, full-time
librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time nurses employed by
the district and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402;
and".
      (7)  In SECTION 1.15 of the bill, strike added Section
42.2512(d), Education Code (house committee report, page 11, line
10).
      (8)  In SECTION 1.16 of the bill, in added Section
42.2514(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 12, lines
17 and 18), strike "the basic allotment under Section 42.101" and
substitute "the equalized wealth level under Section 41.002, the
basic allotment under Section 42.101,".
      (9)  In SECTION 1.16 of the bill, in added Section
42.2514(b), Education Code (house committee report, page 12, lines
25-26), strike "in Tiers 1 and 2 of the Foundation School Program"
and substitute "under Chapter 41 to school districts required to
take action under that chapter and available under Tiers 1 and 2 of
the Foundation School Program to other school districts".
      (10)  In SECTION 1.17 of the bill, in added Section
42.2521(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 13, line
6), strike "Chapters 41, 46," and substitute "Chapters 41 and 46".
      (11)  In SECTION 1.18 of the bill, in the introductory
language (house committee report, page 15, line 8), strike
"Subsection (e-1)" and substitute "Subsections (e-1), (e-2), and
(e-3)".
      (12)  In SECTION 1.18 of the bill, in added Section
42.253(e-1), Education Code (house committee report, page 16, lines
14-17) strike the last two sentences and substitute the following:
      (e-2)  For the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school years, the
commissioner shall also determine the amount to which a district is
entitled as a result of Section 42.303, which may not exceed the
amount to which the district would be entitled based on the portion
of the district's tax rate that meets the requirements of Sections
42.303(b)(1) and (2) after the commissioner has recomputed the
limit under Subsection (e-1).
      (e-3)  A determination of the commissioner under Subsection
(e-1) or (e-2) is final and may not be appealed. Subsections (e-1)
and (e-2) and this subsection expire September 1, 2001.
      (13)  In SECTION 1.19 of the bill, in amended Section
42.302(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 17, line
10), strike "42.158 or 42.159," and substitute "42.158,".
      (14)  In SECTION 1.20 of the bill, in added Section
42.303(e), Education Code (house committee report, page 19, line
4), following "42.2521", insert a comma.
      (15)  In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, strike added Section
21.402(c-1), Education Code (house committee report, page 23, lines
15-25) and substitute the following:
      (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 1999-2000 and
2000-2001 school years, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian,
full-time counselor, or full-time nurse is entitled to a monthly
salary that is at least equal to the greater of:
            (1)  the sum of:
                   (A)  the monthly salary the employee would have
received for the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001 school year, as applicable
under the district's salary schedule for the 1998-1999 school year,
if that schedule had been in effect for the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001
school year, including any local supplement and any money
representing a career ladder supplement the employee would have
received in the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001 school year; and
                  (B)  $300; or
            (2)  the salary to which the employee is entitled under
Subsection (a).
      (16)  In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in added Section
21.402(c-2), Education Code (house committee report, page 23, line
27), strike "2000" and substitute "2001".
      (17)  In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in amended Section
21.402(d), Education Code (house committee report, page 24), strike
lines 1-13 and substitute the following:
      (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
counselor, or full-time nurse employed by a school district in the
2000-2001 school year is, as long as the employee is employed by
the same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to
the salary the employee received for the 2000-2001 school year.
      (18)  In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in amended Section 21.402,
Education Code (house committee report, page 24, between lines 23
and 24), insert the following:
      (g)  The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
application of this section, including rules that:
            (1)  require the payment of a minimum salary under this
section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
            (2)  specify the credentials a person must hold to be
considered a nurse under this section.
      (19)  In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in amended Section
21.402(g), Education Code (house committee report, page 24, line
24), strike "(g)" and substitute "(h)".
      (20)  In SECTION 1.32 of the bill, strike added Section
26.08(k)(1)(B), Tax Code (house committee report, page 33, lines 14
and 15), and substitute the following:
                  "(B)  the guaranteed level of state and local
funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section
42.302, Education Code, for the 1998-1999 school year, the basic
allotment under Section 42.101, Education Code, for the 1999-2000
school year, and the guaranteed level of state and local funds per
weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section 42.303(e),
Education Code, for the 1999-2000 school year;".
      (21)  In SECTION 1.32 of the bill, strike the introductory
language and Subdivision (1) of added Section 26.08(l), Tax Code
(house committee report, page 33, lines 18-27, through page 34,
lines 1-9), and substitute the following:
      "(l)  For purposes of this section, for the 1999 tax year,
the  rollback tax rate of a school district that is required to
take action under Chapter 41, Education Code, to reduce its wealth
per student to the equalized wealth level is the sum of:
            (1)  the tax rate that, applied to the current total
value for the district, would impose an amount of maintenance and
operations taxes per student in weighted average daily attendance
for the 1999-2000 school year equal to the amount of maintenance
and operations taxes per student in weighted average daily
attendance available to the district under the funding elements
under Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 1999-2000 school year,
computed using the district's tax rate for the 1998-1999 school
year for purposes of Chapter 41, Education Code;".
      (22)  In SECTION 1.32 of the bill, in added Section 26.08(m),
Tax Code (house committee report, page 34, line 15), strike
"41.100, 42.159(a), or".
      (23)  Following SECTION 1.34 of the bill (house committee
report, page 35, between lines 14 and 15), insert the following new
SECTION:
      SECTION 1.35.  (a)  A portion of the amounts appropriated in
Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1999, to the Texas Education Agency is allocated as
provided by this subsection, notwithstanding the provisions of H.B.
No. 1:
            (1)  for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2000,
$1,700,500,000 is allocated to Strategy A.2.1.:  Foundation School
Program, and for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2001,
$1,797,900,000 is allocated to that strategy;
            (2)  for each fiscal year of the biennium ending August
31, 2001, $100 million is allocated to Strategy B.1.1.:
Instructional Excellence, for kindergarten and prekindergarten
grant programs authorized by Section 29.155, Education Code, as
added by this Act;
            (3)  for each fiscal year of the biennium ending August
31, 2001, $7.5 million is allocated to Strategy B.1.1.:
Instructional Excellence, for implementation of an educational
component to Head Start, as authorized by Section 29.156, Education
Code, as added by this Act; and
            (4)  for each fiscal year of the biennium ending August
31, 2001, $42.5 million in each year of the biennium is allocated
to Strategy B.1.1.:  Instructional Excellence, for the Basic Skills
Programs for High School Students, as authorized by Section 29.086,
Education Code, as added by this Act.
      (b)  As provided by Section 42.2511, Education Code, as
amended by this Act, the commissioner of education shall allocate
transition aid for total revenue declines associated with the
increase in the homestead exemption under Section 1-b(d), Article
VIII, Texas Constitution, as proposed by H.J.R. No. 4, 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, in amounts estimated to be $45
million for each fiscal year of the biennium ending August 31,
2001.
      (c)  For the biennium ending August 31, 2001, the
commissioner of education shall distribute amounts appropriated in
Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1999, to the Texas Education Agency, in Article III of
that Act, for purposes of the Instructional Facilities Allotment
under Chapter 46, Education Code, as follows:
            (1)  for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2000, the
commissioner shall use $50 million of the funds appropriated in
Strategy A.2.3.:  Maximizing School Facilities, to assist school
districts under the provisions of Chapter 46, Education Code, to
issue new debt for public school facilities, and for the fiscal
year ending August 31, 2001, the commissioner shall use $100
million for that purpose; and
            (2)  the commissioner shall use the remaining
appropriation in Strategy A.2.3.: Maximizing School Facilities, to
meet the financial obligation incurred by the state under Chapter
46, Education Code, in the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
      (d)  The amount appropriated under Rider 10 following the
appropriation to the Texas Education Agency in Article III, H.B.
No. 1, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is
reduced from $160 million to $133 million, and that amount shall be
distributed by the commissioner of education in a manner consistent
with the changes made by this Act in amending Section 41.002(b),
Education Code, repealing Section 41.002(c), Education Code, and
adding Section 42.2521, Education Code, relating to the
compensation of school districts for property value decline.
      (e)  The amount specified in Rider 50 following the
appropriation to the Texas Education Agency in Article III, H.B.
No. 1, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, as the
guaranteed level per weighted student per cent of tax effort is
adjusted to conform with Subchapter F, Chapter 42, Education Code,
as amended by this Act.
      (f)  For the fiscal year ending August 31, 2001, from amounts
appropriated in Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, to the Texas Education Agency,
the commissioner of education may expend an amount not to exceed
$40 million in payment of the allotment provided by Section 42.158,
Education Code, as added by this Act, for new instructional
facilities.
      (g)  The commissioner of education shall adjust the amounts
specified in Rider 2 following the appropriation to the Texas
Education Agency in Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, in compliance with the changes
specified by this section.
      (h)  The comptroller shall adjust the amount specified as
attendance credit revenues in the method of finance for amounts
appropriated in Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, to the Texas Education Agency
to account for applicable provisions of this Act and for updated
projections of those revenues.
      (i)  The Legislative Budget Board shall adjust performance
measure targets in the appropriations in Article III, H.B. No. 1,
Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, to the Texas
Education Agency to reflect the provisions of this Act.
      (j)  Strategy A.2.2.:  Public Education, as provided in the
appropriations in Article III, H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, to the Texas Education Agency,
is repealed.
      (24)  In SECTION 3.01(c) of the bill (house committee report,
page 52, line 22), between "(c)" and "Subsection (i)", insert
"Effective August 31, 1999,".
      (25)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.