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Amend CSHB 5 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to read as follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this Act takes effect only if:
(1)  for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years:
(A)  the basic allotment under Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is at least $4,765;
(B)  the regular program adjustment factor under Section 42.101(c-3), Education Code, is 1.0;
(C)  the percentage specified under Section 42.2516(i), Education Code, is 100.00; and
(D)  the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local funds per student of tax effort ("GL") under Section 42.302, Education Code, is at least the amount specified in that section as it existed January 1, 2013; and
(2)  the amount appropriated in the General Appropriations Act to the Texas Education Agency for the Foundation School Program for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, is sufficient to provide the full amount of funding to which school districts are entitled.
(b)  If the conditions specified in Subsection (a) of this section are not satisfied, this Act has no effect.