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Amend Amendment No. 74 to CSHB 1 by Heflin (Floor Amendment
packet, page 91) by striking the text of the amendment and
substituting the following:
Amend CSHB 1 in Article III of the bill following the
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency by adding the
following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Prohibition on Vouchers. It is the intent of the
legislature that none of the funds appropriated above may be spent
to pay for a public education voucher program or a public education
voucher pilot program if the program uses state tax dollars to pay
for tuition vouchers for children in any grades between grade 1
through grade 12 to attend a private school. This rider does not
prohibit the use of state tax dollars by a public school or charter
school under a contract entered into by the school pursuant to a law
in effect on January 1, 2007.