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Amend CSSB 929 by deleting SECTION 4 (page 1, line 42 through 
page 2, line 14) and inserting the following new SECTION 4:
	SECTION 4.  Section 8.121, Education Code, is amended to read 
as follows:    
	Sec. 8.121.  STATE FUNDING [FOR CORE SERVICES AND SERVICES TO 
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE].  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), 
regional education service centers receive state financial support 
for services provided under Section 8.051 from money appropriated 
for the Foundation School Program.  The commissioner shall 
distribute money to each regional education service center for 
basic costs of providing those services according to an annual 
allotment set by the commissioner based on:
(1)  the minimum amount of money necessary for the 
operation of a center;     
(2)  an additional amount of money that reflects the 
size and number of campuses served by the center under Section 
8.051; and
(3)  an additional amount of money that reflects the 
impact of the geographic size of a center's service area on the cost 
of providing services under Section 8.051.
	(b)  Any money appropriated by the legislature for services 
provided by regional education service centers or other providers, 
including federal funds subject to appropriation by the 
legislature, must be distributed directly to any school district 
that has an average daily attendance of 35,000 students or more for 
use by the district in obtaining the services from centers or other 
providers.  The commissioner shall determine the method by which 
money appropriated under this section is distributed.  A school 
district that has an average daily attendance of 35,000 students or 
more may authorize the commissioner to distribute directly to a 
regional education service center the amount of funds that would 
otherwise be distributed to the district in accordance with this 
Subsection.  The district may rescind its authorization at any 
time, and the commissioner shall promptly resume distributing funds 
directly to the district.  [Each regional education service center 
shall use money distributed to it under this section for the 
provision of core services required under Section 8.051 or for 
payment of necessary administrative and operational expenses of the 
center related to the provision of those services.]