Amend CSHB 4294 as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 2, strike "100 percent of" and
substitute "the cost of the textbook plus textbook credits under
Section 31.1011, equal to fifty percent of the difference between
that cost and".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 31.1011(c), Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Fifty percent of the total textbook credit of a school
district or open-enrollment charter school shall be credited to the
state textbook fund, and 50 percent of the credit shall be credited
to the district or school to apply toward the requisition of:
(1) additional textbooks or electronic textbooks that
are on the conforming or nonconforming list under Section 31.023 or
the components of such textbooks, including any electronic
components; [or]
(2) supplemental textbooks as provided by Section
31.035; or
(3) technological equipment under Section 31.021(f).