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Amend Amendment No. 268 by Alonzo to CSHB 1 (amendment packet 
page 346) by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the 
following:
	Amend CSHB 1, in Article III of the bill, by adding the 
following appropriately numbered rider following the 
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency:
	_____.  PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE CERTIFICATION TO TEACH BILINGUAL 
EDUCATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, OR SPANISH.  Of the funds 
appropriated above for Strategy A.2.1., ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, the 
Texas Education Agency may use an amount that is not less than 
$150,000 for each year of the 2004-05 biennium to develop and 
operate a program at the University of North Texas System Center at 
Dallas, in consultation with the university, to provide financial 
incentives, such as tuition assistance and loan forgiveness, to 
encourage students who enroll in an educator preparation program at 
the university to become certified to teach bilingual education, 
English as a second language, or Spanish.