Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 4 of the bill (page 6, between lines 25 and 26), insert the following:

(g)  Surplus Funding Contingency. If the amount appropriated for the Foundation School Program (FSP), Texas Education Agency Strategy A.1.1. in Subsection (a) above exceeds the sum of the amount required under Section 42.251, Education Code, and the amount required for adjustments to funding under Section 42.253, Education Code, the commissioner, notwithstanding Rider 27, page III-10, HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), may allocate an amount not to exceed $250 million to fund:

(1)  teacher effectiveness and incentive pay programs;

(2)  advanced placement programs;

(3)  education technology and virtual learning programs;

(4)  dropout prevention and recovery programs, including Big Brothers and Big Sisters;

(5)  early childhood readiness programs;

(6)  purchase of instructional materials;

(7)  the Texas High School Project;

(8)  the Early College High School Initiative; or

(9)  science, technology, engineering, and math programs.

(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill (page 6, line 26), strike "(g)" and substitute "(h)".