Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1) In the recital to SECTION 1.01 of the bill (page 1, lines 5 and 6), strike "Subsections (c), (d), and (f), Section 42.259, Education Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 42.259, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (f) and adding Subsection (f-1)".

(2) In SECTION 1.01 of the bill, following amended Section 42.259(f), Education Code (page 2, immediately following line 27), add the following:

(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), if the comptroller finds that sufficient money is available for the purposes after making necessary Medicaid payments due on or before the 25th day of August, the payments described by Subsections (c)(8) and (d)(3) shall be made on or before the 25th day of August.