Amend CSHB 1025 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO STUDENTS WHO AGREE TO TEACH BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, OR SPANISH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. From general revenue appropriated to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, the amount of $1 million shall be used by the board to provide financial incentives to upper division students at institutions of higher education who agree to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish in public schools in this state that have a shortage of teachers in those fields.