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Floor Packet Page No. 142
Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider in Article VII after the appropriations to the Texas
Workforce Commission by amending to add the following:
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CERTAIN DEDICATED CHILD CARE FUNDS. To
the extent the state is required to dedicate more than four percent
of the amount of federal child care development funds for the
purposes provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 9858e, the commission,
unless otherwise required by federal law, shall ensure that any
amount of the dedicated funds in excess of four percent:
(1) is disbursed to boards for activities and
initiatives that improve the quality of child care; and
(2) is not used for the direct provision of child care.