Amend CSSB 1 in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page III-19), by adding an appropriately numbered rider to read as follows:

____.  Contingency Increase in Appropriation for Foundation School Program. At least once every six months after the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, adjourns sine die, the comptroller of public accounts shall study and estimate the anticipated revenue that will be received by and for the state during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, and determine whether additional revenue is available for appropriation. Subject to Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, the additional revenue is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy A.1.1, Foundation School Program - Equalized Operations, to be used to increase the basic allotment under Section 42.101, Education Code, to the greatest possible amount. The sum-certain appropriation to the Foundation School Program in Rider 3, Foundation School Program Funding, of the Texas Education Agency's bill pattern is increased by the amount appropriated under this rider. The comptroller of public accounts shall certify to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor each amount appropriated under this rider.