Amend CSSB 8 (committee report) as follows:                                  



(1)  In SECTION 1B.01 of the bill, in added Section 	42.152(d), Education Code, strike Subdivision (3) and substitute 

the following:

		(3)  in addition to any other funds available for 

programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, including funds provided 

under Section 42.3053, withhold the amount of $7.5 million, or a 

greater amount as determined in the General Appropriations Act, and 

distribute that amount for programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33;

	(2)  In SECTION 1B.01 of the bill, between added Sections 

42.3052 and 42.306, Education Code, insert the following:

	Sec. 42.3053.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTIFIED 

COUNSELORS.  (a)  For each school year, from funds that may be used 

for the purpose, a school district is entitled to state aid in an 

amount, as determined by the commissioner, sufficient to assist the 

district in employing the number of certified counselors required 

by Section 33.002.

	(b)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to 

administer this section.

	(3)  In Part C, Article 2, of the bill, insert the following 

appropriately numbered section to read as follows and renumber the 

subsequent sections of Part C, Article 2, accordingly:

	SECTION 2C.__.  Effective September 1, 2006, Sections 

33.002(b) and (c), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:

	(b)  A school district with 350 [500] or more students in 

enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall employ a 

counselor certified under the rules of the commissioner [State 

Board for Educator Certification] for each [elementary] school in 

the district.  A school district shall employ at least one counselor 

for every 350 [500 elementary school] students in the district.

	(c)  A school district with fewer than 350 [500] students in 

enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall provide 

guidance and counseling services to [elementary school] students 

by:

		(1)  employing a part-time counselor certified under 

the rules of the commissioner [State Board for Educator 

Certification];

		(2)  employing a part-time teacher certified as a 

counselor under the rules of the commissioner [State Board for 

Educator Certification]; or

		(3)  entering into a shared services arrangement 

agreement with one or more school districts to share a counselor 

certified under the rules of the commissioner [State Board for 

Educator Certification].

	(4)  Strike SECTION 3.18 of the bill, amending Section 

33.002(a), Education Code, and renumber the subsequent sections of 

Article 3 accordingly.

	(5)  Strike SECTION 7.32 of the bill, amending Sections 

33.002(b) and (c), Education Code, and renumber the subsequent 

sections of Article 7 accordingly.

	(6)  In SECTION 9.02(3) of the bill, between "29.203(c) and 

(g)," and "39.024(e),", insert "33.002(a),".