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Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____.  Reports Regarding Discrimination. Out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy B.1.1, Assessment and Accountability System, the Texas Education Agency shall allocate the amount necessary each fiscal year to collect data from school districts regarding any incident of alleged discrimination or harassment of a school district employee or student on the basis of the actual or perceived ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin of the employee or student that occurs in each district during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015. The agency shall include the information obtained under this rider in the comprehensive biennial report required by Section 39.332, Education Code.