Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Notwithstanding HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), the amounts appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for Strategy A.2.1, Statewide Educational Programs (page III-2) are reduced by $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and by $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.

(b)  Notwithstanding HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), in Rider 56 under the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page III-17), the amount allocated to support the Reasoning Mind program is reduced by $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and by $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.

(c)  Notwithstanding HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), the amounts appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for Strategy A.2.3, Students with Disabilities (page III-2) are increased by $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.