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	Amend Amendment No. 182 to CSSB 1 by Strama (page 263 of the 
prefiled amendment packet) as follows:
	(1)  On line 1, page 1, of the amendment strike "by amending" 
and substitute the following:

as follows:                                                                   
	(1)  Amend                                                                     
	(2)  Add the following to the end of the amendment:                            
	(2)  In Article VII of the bill, in the appropriations to the 
Texas Workforce Commission, add the following appropriately 
numbered rider:
	____.  (a)  The Texas Workforce Commission shall use its $214 
million in federal stimulus funds to avoid any decline in the number 
of children receiving child care during the 2010-11 biennium.
	(3)  In Article XII of the bill, add the following 
appropriately numbered section in the Special Provisions American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
	Sec. ____.  Child Care Funding.  From amounts made available 
to the Texas Workforce Commission under the federal American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the commission shall 
distribute $20,664,232 during the fiscal year ending August 31, 
2010, and $20,664,232 during the fiscal year ending August 31, 
2011, to the local workforce development boards in the state that 
rank in the bottom half of local workforce development boards in the 
per capita amount of money received.  Each local workforce 
development board receiving money under this section shall:
		(1)  use the money to increase child-care reimbursement 
rates and amounts paid to child-care providers in the local 
workforce development area; and
		(2)  report to the legislature not later than August 31 
each year the manner in which the money was used.