Amend SB 6 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in added Section 31.021(c)(4), Education Code (page 13, line 25), strike "and".
(2) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in added Section 31.021(c)(5), Education Code (page 14, line 2), between "shipping" and the underlined period, insert the following:
; and
(6) provide funding to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Youth Commission under Section 31.0215
(3) In SECTION 23 of the bill, in the recital (page 14, line 7), strike "and 31.0214" and substitute "31.0214, and 31.0215".
(4) In SECTION 23 of the bill, immediately following added Section 31.0214, Education Code (page 18, between lines 23 and 24), add the following:
Sec. 31.0215. PAYMENT TO OTHER ENTITIES. (a) The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Youth Commission are entitled to receive funds from the state instructional materials fund created under Section 31.021 in an amount determined by the commissioner, not to exceed the amount necessary to provide each entity with an amount of funding comparable to the amount that would have been provided through payments from the available school fund if SB6, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, had not established a funding mechanism for the state instructional materials fund based on the amount distributed each year from the permanent school fund to the available school fund. The commissioner's determination under this subsection is final and may not be appealed.
(b) The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Youth Commission are not required to use funds received under this section for the purchase of instructional materials or as required by Section 31.0211(c).