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Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In Section 1A.08 of the bill, strike proposed Subsection 
(b)(1), Section 42.2541, Education Code (committee printing, page 
2, lines 49-54), and substitute the following:
		(1)  the amount of state and local revenue per student 
in weighted average daily attendance for maintenance and operation 
of the district that would have been available to the district if 
the funding elements under Chapters 41 and 42, including any 
amounts the district would have received under Rider 82, page 
III-23, Chapter 1330, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003 (the General Appropriations Act), in effect during 
the 2004-2005 school year, were in effect for the current school 
year; and
	(2)  In Section 1B.05 of the bill, in proposed Subsection 
(b-1), Section 42.102, Education Code (committee printing, page 6, 
line 13), strike "2008" and substitute "2007".
	(3)  In Section 1B.05 of the bill, in proposed Subsection 
(b-1), Section 42.102, Education Code (committee printing, page 6, 
line 16), strike "2010" and substitute "2009".
	(4)  In Section 1B.24 of the bill, in the recital (committee 
printing, page 16, lines 6-7)  strike "Section 45.003(d), 
Education Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 45.003, 
Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding 
Subsection (f)".
	(5)  In Section 1B.24 of the bill, in amended Section 45.003, 
Education Code (committee printing, page 16, between lines 14 and 
15), insert the following:
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a 
school district may not levy a maintenance and operations tax at a 
rate greater than the maximum rate authorized by Subsection (d) 
plus the rate of an enrichment tax authorized by Sections 42.303 and 
42.306.
	(6)  In Section 2C.10 of the bill, in amended Subsection (e), 
Section 39.023, Education Code (committee printing, page 36, lines 
24-25), strike "not later than" and substitute "on or after August 1 
after"
	(7)  In Section 2D.17 of the bill, strike proposed Subsection 
(c), Section 31.0221, Education Code (committee printing, page 55, 
lines 20-25), and substitute the following:
	(c)  If the State Board of Education determines that an 
instructional material proposed for adoption may contain a factual 
error, the State Board of Education may appoint a panel of experts 
and scholars to evaluate the material for any factual error.
	(8)  In Section 2D.34 of the bill, strike Subsection (a) 
(page 63, lines 14-19) and substitute the following:
	(a)  This section applies to an instructional material, as 
that term is defined by Section 31.002, Education Code, as amended 
by this part, including an electronic instructional material, 
adopted by the State Board of Education before January 1, 2005.
	(9)  In Section 2D.34(b) of the bill (committee printing, 
page 63, line 20), between "contract" and "described", insert "for 
the purchase or licensing of an instructional material".
	(10)  In Section 2D.34(b) of the bill (committee printing, 
page 63, line 21), strike "the remainder of".