Amend CSHB 5 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, following added Section 
41.406, Education Code, insert the following:
	Sec. 41.407.  USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.  (a)  In this section, 
"participating charter school" has the meaning assigned by Section 
1, Article 3.50-8, Insurance Code.
	(b)  For each year, the commissioner shall certify to each 
school district or participating charter school the amount of 
additional funds to which the district or school is entitled due to 
the increases in state funding made by ___.B. No. ____, Acts of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a 
school district or participating charter school may use the 
following amount of funds only to ensure that each district or 
school employee receives a $1,000 supplement for health coverage or 
compensation, in addition to the salary to which the employee would 
have received for the 2003-2004 school year under the district's or 
school's salary schedule for the 2002-2003 school year, if that 
schedule were in effect for the 2003-2004 school year:
		(1)  an amount equal to 65 percent of the amount 
certified for the district or school under Subsection (b); or
		(2)  if the following amount is less than the amount 
specified by Subdivision (1), the amount determined by multiplying 
$1,000 by the number of district or school employees.
	(d)  A determination by the commissioner under this section 
is final and may not be appealed.
	(e)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this 
section.      
	(2)  In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, following added Section 
41.406, Education Code, strike "Sections 41.407-41.450" and 
substitute "Sections 41.408-41.500".