Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article III of the bill following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, in Rider 8, Textbooks and Instructional Materials (page III-7) as follows:

(1)  Change the title of the rider from "Textbooks and Instructional Materials" to "Instructional Materials and Technology".

(2)  Following the first two paragraphs in the rider insert the following two paragraphs:

It is the intent of the legislature that for any state fiscal biennium, the State Board of Education issue proclamations for instructional materials in which the total projected cost of instructional materials under the proclamations does not exceed 75 percent of the total instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, Education Code, for that biennium.

It is the intent of the legislature that the State Board of Education consider the cost of all instructional materials and technology requirements when determining the disbursement of money to the available school fund and the amount of that disbursement that will be used, in accordance with Section 43.001(d), Education Code, to fund the instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, Education Code.