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Amend CSSB 644 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 41.0931,
Education Code (page 1, lines 14-51), and renumber the subsequent
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Section
42.2524(c), Education Code (page 2, lines 48-52), and substitute
the following:
(c) The commissioner may provide reimbursement under this
section only if:
(1) funds are specifically appropriated for purposes
of this section; or
(2) Foundation School Program funds are available for
purposes of this section, based on a determination by the
commissioner that the amount appropriated for the Foundation School
Program, including the facilities component as provided by Chapter
46, exceeds the amount to which districts are entitled under this
chapter and Chapter 46.
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Sections
42.2524(e) and (f), Education Code (page 2, lines 56-64), and
substitute the following:
(e) If the amount of money available for purposes of this
section is not sufficient to fully reimburse each district's
disaster remediation costs, the commissioner shall reduce the
amount of assistance provided under this section to each district
proportionately.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district
that is required to purchase attendance credits under Chapter 41 is
eligible to receive assistance under this section in the same
manner as any other district. A district may, at its discretion,
receive assistance either as a payment of state aid under this
chapter or as a reduction in the total amount required to be paid by
the district for attendance credits under Section 41.093.