Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In PART B, ARTICLE 1 of the bill (committee printing, 
page 7, between lines 37 and 38), add the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of PART B 
accordingly:
	SECTION 1B.____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Education Code, 
is amended by adding Section 42.1031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.1031.  INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.  (a)  In this section, 
"consumer price index" means the consumer price index for all urban 
consumers published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
	(b)  The amount of the accreditation allotment under Section 
42.101, as adjusted under Sections 42.102 and 42.103, is adjusted 
in accordance with this section as necessary to reflect inflation.
	(c)  The commissioner shall determine the amount of the 
adjustment for each biennium based on the difference, if any, 
between the consumer price index most recently published as of 
January 1 of the calendar year in which the first year of the 
biennium begins and the consumer price index most recently 
published as of January 1, 2005.
	(d)  The commissioner's determination under this section is 
final and may not be appealed.
	(2)  In SECTION 1B.07 of the bill, in amended Section 42.104, 
Education Code (committee printing, page 7, line 45), between 
"42.103" and the period, insert "and further adjusted under Section 
42.1031".