Floor Packet Page No. 38
      Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1.13 of the bill, in proposed Section 42.158,
Education Code (House committee report, page 9, between lines 3 and
4), insert the following:
      (f)  From the total amount of funds appropriated for
allotments under this section for a fiscal year, the commissioner
may withhold an amount not to exceed five percent of the total to
be used to provide grants to open-enrollment charter schools for
new facilities used in educating students. The commissioner may
adopt rules governing the award of grants under this subsection.
The receipt of a grant by an open-enrollment charter school under
this subsection creates a lien in the amount of the grant in favor
of the state against the facility for which the grant was awarded.
The state may foreclose on the lien if the charter for the
open-enrollment charter school is revoked or the school otherwise
ceases to operate or if the facility otherwise ceases to be used in
educating students under the charter.
      (2)  In SECTION 1.13 of the bill, in proposed Section
42.158(f), Education Code (House committee report, page 9, line 4),
strike "(f)" and substitute "(g)".