Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

On page III-26, insert the following text before Rider 78 and renumber the riders accordingly:

78. Appropriate funds in the above amounts to Goal A, Strategy A.1.1, FSP-Equalized Operations with the intent that the Texas Education Agency will apply an amount equal to the product of $3,800 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, full-time librarians, and full-time counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by the district or charter school and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402 of the Texas Education Code for the purpose of a pass through pay increase. This amount shall be applied to any step increase to which the employee is entitled.