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Amend CSHB 2 in ARTICLE 2, PART C, of the bill by inserting 

the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the 

subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

	SECTION 2C.     .  Chapter 4, Education Code, is amended by 

adding Section 4.003 to read as follows:

	Sec. 4.003. COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES 

NOT REQUIRED. (a) For purposes of this section:

		(1)  "CSHB 2 mandate" means a provision of a state 

statute amended or added by CSHB 2, Acts of the 79th Legislature, 

Second Called Session, 2005, or rule adopted under a statute 

amended or added by CSHB 2, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Second 

Called Session, 2005, that requires:

			(A)  school district action to implement the 

provisions; and        

			(B)  an expenditure by a school district that 

would not have been required in the absence of the provision.

		(2)  "Unfunded CSHB 2 mandate" means an CSHB 2 mandate 

for which the legislature has not appropriated funds estimated to 

be sufficient to meet the state's share of financing the 

expenditure.

	(b)  The Legislative Budget Board shall conduct a study of 

CSHB 2 mandates.  The study shall identify each CSHB 2 mandate and 

each unfunded CSHB 2 mandate.

	(c)  Each school district shall cooperate with the board by 

providing information relating to the district's cost of 

implementing an CSHB 2 mandate.  At the board's request, the agency, 

state auditor, comptroller, and other state officers and agencies 

shall assist the board in conducting the study and analyzing 

information obtained  from school districts.

	(d)  Not later than November 1, 2005, the board shall:                  

		(1)  prepare a certified list of each unfunded CSHB 2 

mandate; and   

		(2)  deliver the certified list to the secretary of 

state for publication in the Texas Register.

	(e)  A school district is not required to comply with an 

unfunded CSHB 2 mandate that appears on the certified list 

published under Subsection (d).