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	Amend CSHB 4 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 23, strike lines 17-22.                                           
	(2)  On page 23, line 23, strike "(c)" and substitute "(b)".     
	(3)  On page 24, strike lines 19-24 and substitute the 
following:            
	(a-1)  From the funds a school district receives under 
Subsection (a), the district shall use an amount equal to $40 for 
each student in average daily attendance to fund targeted 
technology programs under Section 32.006. A school district shall 
use funds for targeted technology programs in a manner that allows 
each student and teacher assigned to a targeted campus, grade level 
on a campus, or specific educational program, to benefit from a 
targeted technology program. The commissioner shall adopt rules 
concerning the use of funds under this subsection. This subsection 
expires September 1, 2006.
	(4)  On page 25, strike lines 14-19 and substitute the 
following:            
	(a-1)  From the funds a school district receives under 
Subsection (a), the district shall use an amount equal to $60 for 
each student in average daily attendance to fund targeted 
technology programs under Section 32.006. A school district shall 
use funds for targeted technology programs in a manner that allows 
each student and teacher assigned to a targeted campus, grade level 
on a campus, or specific educational program, to benefit from a 
targeted technology program. The commissioner shall adopt rules 
concerning the use of funds under this subsection.
	(5)  Strike the text from page 25, line 22, through page 27, 
line 9, and substitute the following:
	Sec. 32.006. TARGETED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.  (a)  Each school 
district shall use funds designated for targeted technology 
programs under Section 32.005(a-1) in accordance with this section 
and in a manner consistent with the long-range plan developed by the 
State Board of Education under Section 32.001 and the district's 
own technology plan. A school district may use funds from other 
sources, including grants, donations, and state and federal funds, 
to provide targeted technology programs.
	(b)  A targeted technology program must provide for each 
student and teacher at a targeted campus or grade level on a 
targeted campus:
		(1)  the provision of:                                                 
			(A)  wireless electronic mobile computing 
devices;                  
			(B)  productivity software and hardware, 
including writing, computation, presentation, printing, and 
communication tools;
			(C)  electronic learning software aligned with the 
essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of 
Education under Section 28.002;
			(D)  library and other research tools;                                
			(E)  electronic assessment tools;                                     
			(F)  electronic learning tools to improve 
communications among students, teachers, school administrators, 
parents, and the community; and
			(G)  classroom management systems;                                    
		(2)  professional development for teachers to integrate 
the tools and solutions described by Subdivision (1); or
		(3)  the provision of other infrastructure, components, 
and technologies to support and enhance student performance through 
individual instruction programs.
	(c)  The Legislative Budget Board shall:                                
		(1)  conduct a biennial study of the cost of school 
district targeted technology programs, including the cost of 
implementing those programs on a statewide basis; and
		(2)  based on the results of the study required by 
Subdivision (1), make recommendations to the legislature before the 
beginning of each regular session of the legislature concerning 
statewide implementation of targeted technology programs.
	(d)  Each biennium, the Legislative Budget Board and the 
commissioner shall jointly conduct a performance evaluation of 
school district targeted technology programs.