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Strike Floor Amendment No. 106 by Howard to CSHB 1, (prefiled amendments packet, page 145) and replace it with the following amendment on page XI-7, under "Public Education, Texas Education Agency":
____. Contingent Appropriation for Prekindergarten Programs. Contingent on the enactment of legislation related to expansion of or increasing quality standards for prekindergarten programs with funding to be distributed on the basis of eligible prekindergarten students in average daily attendance by the Eighty-Fourth Legislature, Regular Session, the Texas Education Agency is appropriated $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 from the Foundation School Fund No. 193. This legislation takes effect if the prekindergarten program established by the enacted legislation commences at any time during the 2016-17 biennium. The Texas Education Agency shall use the fiscal year 2016 appropriation to establish the administration of the program that is the subject of such legislation.