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	Amend CSHB 3485 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  On page 5, between lines 16 and 17, add the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
	SECTION ____.  Section 42.154, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
the commissioner shall develop and implement a pilot program under 
which a school district is entitled to additional funding for each 
student receiving career and technology instruction in grade eight.  
The commissioner shall select not more than five school districts 
for participation in the pilot program.  In selecting school 
districts for participation, the commissioner shall consider 
school districts that can provide services under the program at the 
least cost.  For each full-time equivalent student in grade eight in 
average daily attendance in an approved career and technology 
education program, a school district participating in the program 
under this subsection is entitled to an annual allotment equal to 
the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35.  Funds 
allocated under this subsection, other than an indirect cost 
allotment established under State Board of Education rule, must be 
used in providing career and technology programs in grade eight 
under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184.  A school district is 
entitled to an allotment under this subsection for each school year 
through the completion of the 2011-2012 school year.  Not later than 
January 1, 2013, the agency shall prepare and deliver to each member 
of the legislature a report describing the effectiveness of the 
pilot program described by this subsection.  This subsection 
expires February 1, 2013.
	(2)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.