Amend CSSB 8 as follows:                                                     

	(1)  In SECTION 1B.01 of the bill, strike added Subsection 

(a), Section 42.401, Education Code, and substitute the following:

	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district 

shall be consolidated by the commissioner under Subchapter H, 

Chapter 41, if:

		(1)  the district's local share under Section 42.306 

exceeds the district's tier one allotment under Section 42.304; or

		(2)  the total amount of district enrichment tax 

revenue raised by the district exceeds the amount of state and local 

funds guaranteed under Section 42.252 to a school district that 

imposes a district enrichment tax at the rate imposed by the 

district.

	(2)  In SECTION 1B.10 of the bill, strike amended Section 

41.091, Education Code, and substitute the following:

	Sec. 41.091.  AGREEMENT.  A school district subject to 

Section 42.401 [with a wealth per student that exceeds the 

equalized wealth level] may execute an agreement with the 

commissioner to purchase attendance credits in an amount equal to 

the sum of:

		(1)  the difference between the district's local share 

under Section 42.306 and the district's tier one allotment under 

Section 42.304; and

		(2)  the difference between the total amount of 

district enrichment tax revenue raised by the district and the 

amount of state and local funds guaranteed under Section 42.252 to a 

school district that imposes a district enrichment tax at the rate 

imposed by the district. [sufficient, in combination with any other 

actions taken under this chapter, to reduce the district's wealth 

per student to a level that is equal to or less than the equalized 

wealth level.]

	(3)  In Part C, Article 1, of the bill, insert the following 

new section, appropriately numbered, and renumber the subsequent 

sections of Part C, Article 1, accordingly:

	SECTION 1C.____.  For the state fiscal year beginning 

September 1, 2006, the amount determined in accordance with this 

section is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for the 

purpose of providing state assistance with new instructional 

facility projects under Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code, 

in addition to other amounts appropriated by the 79th Legislature 

for that purpose.  The amount appropriated under this section is 

equal to the difference between:

		(1)  the total amount required for the fiscal year 

beginning September 1, 2006, for school districts to purchase 

attendance credits in accordance with Section 41.091, Education 

Code, as amended by this Act; and

		(2)  the total amount that would be required for the 

fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006, for school districts to 

purchase attendance credits in accordance with Section 41.091, 

Education Code, as amended by this Act, if the amount of attendance 

credits a school district were required to purchase for that year 

did not include the amount required under Section 41.091(2), 

Education Code, as added by this Act.