Amend CSHB 1 by amending the following rider under the
Article XI appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page
XI-18) to read as follows:
Contingency for HB 1002: Intensive Preparation Academies for
High School Assessment Instruments [Exit-Level TAKS]. Contingent
on the passage of HB 1002 by the Eightieth Legislature, Regular
Session, or similar legislation relating to intensive preparation
academies to prepare students to retake [the exit-level] assessment
instruments required for high school graduation [instrument
administered under Section 39.023(c), Education Code,] and in
addition to other amounts appropriated to the Texas Education
Agency for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2007:
(1) $6,292,645 is appropriated to the Texas Education
Agency for fiscal year 2008, for the purpose of providing grants to
school districts to operate intensive preparation academies; and
(2) the unexpended balance of the amount provided by
Subdivision (1) is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for
fiscal year 2009, for the same purpose.