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Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     

	(1)  Strike SECTIONS 1.01 and 1.02 of the bill (page 1, line 

15, through page 2, line 1) and substitute the following:

	SECTION 1.01.  Section 41.002, Education Code, is amended by 

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to 

read as follows:

	(a)  A school district may not have a wealth per student that 

exceeds:

		(1)  the wealth per student that generates the amount 

of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student 

available to a district at the 88th percentile in wealth per 

student, for the district's maintenance and operations tax effort 

equal to or less than the rate equal to the product of the state 

compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, 

multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by 

the district for the 2005 tax year;

		(2)  the wealth per student that generates the amount 

of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student 

available to the Austin Independent School District, as determined 

by the commissioner in cooperation with the Legislative Budget 

Board, for the first six cents by which the district's maintenance 

and operations tax rate exceeds the rate equal to the product of the 

state compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, 

multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by 

the district for the 2005 tax year, subject to Section 41.093(b-1); 

or

		(3)  $319,500, for the district's maintenance and 

operations tax effort that exceeds the first six cents by which the 

district's maintenance and operations tax effort exceeds the rate 

equal to the product of the state compression percentage, as 

determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and 

operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year

[$305,000].

	(a-1)  Subsection (a) applies beginning with the 2008-2009 

school year.  For the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years, a school 

district may not have a wealth per student that exceeds the wealth 

per student specified by Subsection (a), except that:

		(1)  Subsection (a)(2) applies only to the first four 

cents by which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate 

exceeds the rate equal to the product of the state compression 

percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the 

maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 

2005 tax year, subject to Section 41.093(b-1); and

		(2)  Subsection (a)(3) applies to the district's 

maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the first four 

cents by which the district's maintenance and operations tax effort 

exceeds the rate described by Subdivision (1).

	(a-2) Subsection (a-1) and this subsection expire September 

1, 2008.  

	SECTION 1.02.  Section 41.093, Education Code, is amended by 

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to 

read as follows:

	(a)  Subject to Subsection (b-1), the [The] cost of each 

credit is an amount equal to the greater of:

		(1)  the amount of the district's maintenance and 

operations tax revenue per student in weighted average daily 

attendance for the school year for which the contract is executed; 

or

		(2)  the amount of the statewide district average of 

maintenance and operations tax revenue per student in weighted 

average daily attendance for the school year preceding the school 

year for which the contract is executed.

	(b-1)  If the guaranteed level of state and local funds per 

weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section 

42.302(a-1)(2) for which state funds are appropriated for a school 

year is an amount at least equal to the amount of revenue per 

weighted student per cent of tax effort available to the Austin 

Independent School District, as determined by the commissioner in 

cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board, the commissioner, in 

computing the amounts described by Subsections (a)(1) and (2) and 

determining the cost of an attendance credit, shall exclude 

maintenance and operations tax revenue resulting from the first six 

cents by which a district's maintenance and operations tax rate 

exceeds the rate equal to the product of the state compression 

percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the 

maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 

2005 tax year.

	(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies beginning with the 2008-2009 

school year.  For the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years, the 

commissioner shall compute the amounts described by Subsections 

(a)(1) and (2) and determine the cost of an attendance credit as 

specified by Subsection (b-1), except the commissioner shall 

exclude maintenance and operations tax revenue resulting from the 

first four cents by which a district's maintenance and operations 

tax rate exceeds the rate equal to the product of the state 

compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, 

multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by 

the district for the 2005 tax year.  This subsection expires 

September 1, 2008.

	(2)  In SECTION 1.04 of the bill, in added Section 

42.2516(b)(3), Education Code (page 3, line 4), strike "$207" and 

substitute "$275".

	(3)  In the introductory language to SECTION 1.08 of the bill 

(page 5, line 53), strike "Subsections (a-1) and (f)" and 

substitute "Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4), and (f)".

	(4)  In SECTION 1.08 of the bill, strike added Section 

42.302(a-1), Education Code (page 6, lines 18-40), and substitute 

the following:

	(a-1)  In this section, "wealth per student" has the meaning 

assigned by Section 41.001.  For purposes of Subsection (a), the 

dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local funds per 

weighted student per cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district 

is:

		(1)  the amount of district tax revenue per weighted 

student per cent of tax effort available to a district at the 88th 

percentile in wealth per student, as determined by the commissioner 

in cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board, for the 

district's maintenance and operations tax effort equal to or less 

than the rate equal to the product of the state compression 

percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the 

maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 

2005 tax year;

		(2)  the amount of district tax revenue per weighted 

student per cent of tax effort available to the Austin Independent 

School District, as determined by the commissioner in cooperation 

with the Legislative Budget Board, for the first six cents by which 

the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds the rate 

equal to the product of the state compression percentage, as 

determined under Section 42.2516 and notwithstanding the 

limitation on district enrichment tax rate ("DTR") under Section 

42.303, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate 

adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and

		(3)  $31.95, for the district's maintenance and 

operations tax effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort 

described by Subdivision (2).

	(a-2) The limitation on district enrichment tax rate ("DTR") 

under Section 42.303 does not apply to the district's maintenance 

and operations tax effort described by Subsection (a-1)(2).

	(a-3)  Subsection (a-1) applies beginning with the 2008-2009 

school year.  For the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years, the 

dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local funds per 

weighted student per cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district 

is the level specified by Subsection (a-1), except that:

		(1)  Subsection (a-1)(2) applies only to the first four 

cents by which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate 

exceeds the rate equal to the product of the state compression 

percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the 

maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 

2005 tax year;

		(2)  Subsection (a-1)(3) applies to the district's 

maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the rate 

described by Subdivision (1); and

		(3)  the limitation on district enrichment tax rate 

("DTR") under Section 42.303 does not apply to the district's 

maintenance and operations tax effort described by Subdivision (1).

	(a-4) Subsection (a-3) and this subsection expire September 

1, 2009.  

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