Amend CSSB 1811 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLES to the bill and renumbering the remaining ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING EARLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
SECTION ____.01. Subchapter K, Chapter 56, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 56.2012 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.2012. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER; ELIGIBILITY CLOSED. (a) This subchapter expires September 1, 2017.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 56.203, a person may not receive an award under this subchapter if the person graduates from high school on or after September 1, 2011.
SECTION ____.02. Subsection (b), Section 54.213, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [Savings to the foundation school fund that occur as a result of the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program created in Subchapter K, Chapter 56, and that are not required for the funding of state credits for tuition and mandatory fees under Section 56.204 or school district credits under Section 56.2075 shall be used first to provide tuition exemptions under Section 54.212. Any of those savings remaining after providing tuition exemptions under Section 54.212 shall be used to provide tuition exemptions under Section 54.214.] The Texas Education Agency shall [also] accept and make available to provide tuition exemptions under Section 54.214 gifts, grants, and donations made to the agency for that purpose. The commissioner of education shall transfer those funds to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to distribute to institutions of higher education that provide exemptions under that section [Payment of funds under this subsection shall be made in the manner provided by Section 56.207 for state credits under Subchapter K, Chapter 56].
SECTION ____.03. Section 56.210, Education Code, is repealed.
ARTICLE ____. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING RETIRED TEACHERS
SECTION ____.01. Notwithstanding Subsection (a), Section 825.404, Government Code, for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, only, the amount of the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas under that section may be less than the amount contributed by members during that biennium.
SECTION ____.02. Notwithstanding Subsection (a), Section 1575.202, Insurance Code, for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, only, the state may contribute an amount to the retired school employees group insurance fund that is less than one percent of the salary of each active employee.