Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered article to the bill:
ARTICLE ____. TEXAS JUVENILE PROBATION COMMISSION
SECTION ____.01. (a) The Texas Education Agency and the Department of Family and Protective Services each may enter into an interagency agreement with the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission to perform prevention and intervention services described by SB 653, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, as effective September 1, 2011, during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011.
(b)  Each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, the Texas Education Agency may transfer to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency not more than $10 million from money appropriated to the Texas Education Agency that is available for that purpose. The unexpended balance of the money transferred during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, may be spent for the same purpose during the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012.
(c)  Each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, the Department of Family and Protective Services may transfer to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency not more than $28 million from money appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services that is available for that purpose. The unexpended balance of the money transferred during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, may be spent for the same purpose during the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012.
(d)  Of money transferred under Subsection (b) or (c), the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency may use not more than $250,000 for an external evaluation of the current methods of delivering at-risk youth services in Texas. The evaluation must include recommendations for a model system of at-risk youth service delivery with clear accountability measures. The recommendations may include recommendations to state agencies regarding program functions of those agencies that the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency may perform. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency identified by a recommendation made under this subsection may enter into an interagency agreement with the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency for the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency to perform the identified program functions.