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Amend CSSB 151 (committee printed version) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (c),
Section 54.2161, Education Code (page 1, line 1-36), following
"Subsection (b)(2)", insert ". The institution of higher education
offering the course shall provide the textbooks to the student. The
school district in which the student attends school shall pay the
costs of the textbooks".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (c),
Section 31.021, Education Code (page 2, line 2-24), strike
"provide" and substitute "pay the costs of".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (c),
Section 31.021, Education Code (page 2, line 2-28), strike "provide
textbooks" and substitute "pay the costs of textbooks as".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (a),
Section 31.031, Education Code (page 2, line 2-40), strike
"provide" and substitute "pay the costs of".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in proposed Section 31.031,
Education Code (page 2, lines 2-43 through 2-52), strike proposed
Subsection (c) and substitute the following:
(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules in
accordance with which a school district shall pay the costs of
textbooks under this section. The rules shall provide for a school
district to reimburse an institution of higher education for the
costs of textbooks that the institution provides to a student under
Section 51.2161.".