Amend CSSB 1 (House committee printing) as follows:                          

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered rider under 	the Article III appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page 
III-22):
	____.  Best Practices for Public School Dropout Prevention 
and Recovery.  The amount of $160,000 is appropriated out of the 
General Revenue Fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state 
fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and the additional amount of 
$160,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the 
Texas Education Agency for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 
2011, for the purpose of collecting and making available best 
practices information concerning public school dropout prevention 
and recovery through the online clearinghouse of best practices 
information established under Section 7.009, Education Code.
	(2)  Reduce the Article I appropriations to the Office of 
State-Federal Relations for Strategy A.1.1, Action Plans (page 
I-76) by $160,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, 
and by $160,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.
	(3)  Adjust totals and methods of financing appropriately.