Amend Amendment No. 249 by Villarreal to CSSB 1 (page 115, prefiled amendment packet) by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:

(1)  In Article III of the bill, in the riders following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, insert the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingency Reduction to Fund Principal Preparation Grant Program. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 2013, or similar legislation by the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, establishing the principal preparation grant program, the appropriations above for Strategy B.3.1, Improving Educator Quality/LDRSP, is reduced by the amount of $2,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2014.

(2)  In Article III of the bill, in the riders following the appropriations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board, insert the following appropriately numbered rider:  

____.  Contingency: Funding for Principal Preparation Grant Program. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 2013, or similar legislation by the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, establishing the principal preparation grant program, in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act for the principal preparation grant program, there is appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board from the general revenue fund $2,000,000 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2014, for that purpose.