Amend CSHB 21 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 34.002(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  The commissioner shall reduce the basic allotment provided under Section 42.101 for each student in average daily attendance by $125 for a [A] school district that fails or refuses to meet the safety standards for school buses established under this section [is ineligible to share in the transportation allotment under Section 42.155] until the first anniversary of the date the district begins complying with the safety standards.

(2)  On page 20, strike line 16 and renumber subsequent subdivisions in SECTION 24 of the bill accordingly.