Amend CSHB 4294 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 32, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter H to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER H.  COMPUTER LENDING PILOT PROGRAM
	Sec. 32.351.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.  The 
commissioner by rule shall establish a computer lending pilot 
program to provide computers to participating public schools that 
make computers available for use by students and their parents.
	Sec. 32.352.  PILOT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.  The 
commissioner shall establish procedures for the administration of 
the pilot program, including procedures for distributing to 
participating public schools:
		(1)  any surplus or salvage data processing equipment 
available for distribution under the pilot program; or
		(2)  computers donated or purchased for that purpose 
with funds from any available source, including a foundation, 
private entity, governmental entity, and institution of higher 
education.
	Sec. 32.353.  ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.  A public school is eligible 
to participate in the pilot program if:
		(1)  50 percent or more of the students enrolled in the 
school are educationally disadvantaged; and
		(2)  the school operates or agrees to operate a 
computer lending program that:
			(A)  allows students and parents to borrow a 
computer;              
			(B)  includes an option for students and parents 
to work toward owning a computer initially borrowed under the 
school's lending program, subject to any applicable legal 
restrictions regarding disposition of the computer involved;
			(C)  provides computer training for students and 
parents; and       
			(D)  operates outside regular school hours, 
including operation until at least 7 p.m. on at least three days 
each week.
	Sec. 32.354.  ANNUAL REPORT.  Not later than January 1 of 
each year, the commissioner shall submit a report to the 
legislature regarding the computer lending pilot program 
established under this subchapter.
	Sec. 32.355.  EXPIRATION.  This subchapter expires September 
1, 2014. 
	SECTION ____.  Section 2175.128, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (a-1) and (b-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if a disposition of a 
state agency's surplus or salvage data processing equipment is not 
made under Section 2175.125 or 2175.184, the state agency shall 
make the equipment available to the commissioner of education for 
use in the computer lending pilot program established under 
Subchapter H, Chapter 32, Education Code.  If the commissioner of 
education declines to take the equipment, the state agency shall 
transfer the equipment in accordance with Subsection (a).  The 
state agency may not collect a fee or other reimbursement from the 
commissioner of education for the equipment made available under 
this subsection.  This subsection expires September 1, 2014.
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if a disposition of 
the surplus or salvage data processing equipment of a state 
eleemosynary institution or an institution or agency of higher 
education is not made under other law, the institution or agency 
shall make the equipment available to the commissioner of education 
for use in the computer lending pilot program established under 
Subchapter H, Chapter 32, Education Code.  If the commissioner of 
education declines to take the equipment, the institution or agency 
shall transfer the equipment in accordance with Subsection (b).  
The state eleemosynary institution or institution or agency of 
higher education may not collect a fee or other reimbursement from 
the commissioner of education for the equipment made available 
under this subsection.  This subsection expires September 1, 2014.