Amend Amendment No. 249 by Alvarado to CSHB 1 (page 302, prefiled amendment packet), by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:

Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

Under the Article XI appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission add the following appropriated numbered rider:

____. Rapid Response Workforce Development Services. Out of amounts appropriated above to the Texas Workforce Commission in Strategy A.2.1, Skills Development, up to $5,000,000 in general revenue funds for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2016, and up to $5,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, may be used by the commission to provide grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes to assist the colleges or institutes with rapid curriculum development, instructor certification, the development of customized training programs specific to business needs, and necessary training equipment to provide workforce training leading to certification and employment and related rapid workforce development support services for businesses expanding or relocating to a rural or urban community in this state.