Amend HB 2169 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 29.190, 
Education Code, are amended to read, and subsection (e) is added as 
follows:
	(a)  A student is entitled to a subsidy under this section 
if:        
		(1)  the student:                                                      
			(A) [(1)]  successfully completes the career and 
technology program of a school district in which the student 
receives training and instruction for employment in a current or 
emerging high-demand, high-wage, high-skill [certain trade or] 
occupation, as determined under subsection (e); or
			(B)  is enrolled in a special education program 
under Subchapter A; 
		(2)  the student passes a certification examination to 
qualify for a license or certificate for the [trade or] occupation; 
and
		(3)  the student submits to the district a written 
application in the form, time, and manner required by the district 
for the district to subsidize the cost of an examination described 
by Subdivision (2) [demonstrates financial need].
	(c)  On approval by the commissioner, the agency shall pay 
each school district [eligible student] an amount equal to the cost 
paid by the district or student for the certification examination.  
To obtain reimbursement for a subsidy paid under this section, a 
district [student] must:
		(1)  pay the fee for the examination or pay the student 
the amount of the fee paid by the student for the examination; and
		(2)  submit to the commissioner a written application 
on a form prescribed by the commissioner stating [demonstrating 
financial need and] the amount of the fee paid under Subdivision (1)
[by the student] for the certification examination.
	(e)  The commissioner, in collaboration with the 
Commissioner of Higher Education and the Workforce Commission, 
shall determine as necessary what qualifies for a high demand, high 
wage, high need occupation for purposes of this section.
	SECTION ____.  It is the intent of the legislature that the 
passage of S.B. No. 1313, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2009, with any amendments to Section 21.190, Education 
Code, and the amendments by this Act shall be harmonized, if 
possible, as provided by Section 311.025(b), so that effect may be 
given to each.  If amendments made to Section 21.190, Education 
Code, made by this Act are irreconcilable, it is the intent of the 
legislature that S.B. No. 1313, Acts of the 81st Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2009, prevail, regardless of the relative dates of 
enactment of this Act and S.B. 1313, Acts of the 81st Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2009, but only to the extent that any differences 
are irreconcilable.