Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:                          
	In Article XI, add the following rider for the Texas 
Education Agency:       
	____.Contingency for HB 2504. Contingent upon enactment of HB 
2504, or similar legislation relating to an intensive mathematics 
and algebra intervention program in public schools, by the 80th 
Legislature, Regular Session, from funds appropriated above in 
Strategy A.2.1, Student Success, for the Student Success 
Initiative, the Commissioner shall set aside not more than 
$2,500,000 in each year of the 2008-09 biennium for an intensive 
mathematics and algebra intervention program, pursuant to the 
provisions of the legislation.
	Any unexpended balances as of August 31, 2008 are hereby 
appropriated to fiscal year 2009 for the same purpose.