Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) under the Article XI provisions for the Texas Education Agency (page XI-5) by adding the following appropriately designated provision:

____.  Additional Amounts for Foundation School Program Contingent on Repeal of Severance Tax Exemption for Flared or Vented Gas. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of HB 3275 or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to the repeal of the exemption from the severance tax for flared or vented gas, in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, to the Texas Education Agency for Strategy A.1.1, Foundation School Program-Equalized Operations (page III-3), to increase the basic allotment under Section 42.101, Education Code, to the maximum extent possible.