Amend CSSB 8 in Article 1 of the bill by inserting the 

following new part, appropriately lettered, and relettering the 

subsequent parts of Article 1  accordingly:



PART ___.  STUDY OF UNFUNDED STATE EDUCATIONAL MANDATES

	SECTION 1__.01.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is 

amended by adding Section 7.032 to read as follows:

	Sec. 7.032.  STUDY OF UNFUNDED STATE EDUCATIONAL MANDATES. 

(a) For purposes of this section:

		(1)  "State educational mandate" means a provision of a 

state statute or rule that requires:

			(A)  school district action to implement the 

provision; and         

			(B)  an expenditure by a school district that 

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

		(2)  "Unfunded state educational mandate" means a state 

educational 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 agency shall conduct a study of unfunded state 

educational mandates.  The study must:

		(1)  identify existing unfunded state educational 

mandates, including any mandates created by a statute enacted by 

the 79th Legislature or a rule adopted under such a statute; and

		(2)  estimate the cost to school districts of complying 

with each unfunded state educational mandate the agency identifies.

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

providing information relating to the district's cost of 

implementing an unfunded state educational mandate.  At the 

commissioner's request, the Legislative Budget Board, state 

auditor, comptroller, and other state officers and agencies shall 

assist the agency in conducting the study and analyzing information 

obtained from school districts.

	(d)  The agency shall:                                                  

		(1)  prepare a report containing the results of the 

study conducted under this section; and

		(2)  deliver the report to the governor, lieutenant 

governor, and each member of the legislature not later than 

December 15, 2006.

	(e)  This section expires January 15, 2007.