Amend HB 1728 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 44.902, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(b-1) For purposes of Subsection (b), a strategy for achieving energy efficiency includes facility design and construction.

(d) The board of trustees may submit the plan required under Subsection (a) to the State Energy Conservation Office for the purposes of determining whether funds available through loan programs administered by the office or tax incentives administered by the state or federal government are available to the district. The board may not disallow any proper allocation of incentives.