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Amend CSSB 1 in Article III of the bill, following the
appropriation to the Texas Education Agency (page III-22), by
adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Reports Regarding Discrimination. Out of the funds
appropriated above in the Strategy B.1.1, Assessment and
Accountability System, the Texas Education Agency shall allocate
the amount necessary each fiscal year to implement a reporting
mechanism under which school districts are required to report to
the agency any incident of alleged discrimination or harassment of
a school district employee or student on the basis of the actual or
perceived ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin of the
employee or student. The agency shall include the information
obtained under the reporting mechanism in the comprehensive annual
report required by Section 39.182, Education Code.