Amend CSHB 3 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Strike page 85, line 6, through page 87, line 15, and substitute the following:

(a)  [In this section:

[(1)     "Category 1 school district" means a school district having a wealth per student of less than one-half of the statewide average wealth per student.

[(2)     "Category 2 school district" means a school district having a wealth per student of at least one-half of the statewide average wealth per student but not more than the statewide average wealth per student.

[(3)     "Category 3 school district" means a school district having a wealth per student of more than the statewide average wealth per student.

[(4)     "Wealth per student" means the taxable property values reported by the comptroller to the commissioner under Section 42.252 divided by the number of students in average daily attendance.

[(b)]  Payments from the foundation school fund to each [category 1] school district shall be made in 12 equal installments of the yearly entitlement of the district on or before the 25th day of each month of a fiscal year [as follows:

[(1)     15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of September of a fiscal year;

[(2)     80 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in eight equal installments to be made on or before the 25th day of October, November, December, January, March, May, June, and July; and

[(3)     five percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of February].

[(c)     Payments from the foundation school fund to each category 2 school district shall be made as follows:

[(1)     22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of September of a fiscal year;

[(2)     18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of October;

[(3)     9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of November;

[(4)     7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of April;

[(5)     five percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of May;

[(6)     10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of June;

[(7)     13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of July; and

[(8)     15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of August.

[(d)     Payments from the foundation school fund to each category 3 school district shall be made as follows:

[(1)     45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of September of a fiscal year;

[(2)     35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of October; and

[(3)     20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of August.]

(2)  On page 87, line 16, strike "(e)" and substitute "(b) [(e)]".

(3)  On page 87, line 24, strike "(f)" and substitute "(c) [(f)]".

(4)  On page 87, line 27, strike "(g)" and substitute "(d) [(g)]".

(5)  Strike page 89, line 5, through page 90, line 16, and substitute the following:

(c)  Payments from the foundation school fund to an open-enrollment charter school under this section shall be made in 12 equal installments of the yearly entitlement of the school on or before the 25th day of each month of a fiscal year [as follows:

[(1)     22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of September of a fiscal year;

[(2)     18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of October;

[(3)     9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of November;

[(4)     four percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of December;

[(5)     four percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of January;

[(6)     four percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of February;

[(7)     four percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of March;

[(8)     7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of April;

[(9)     five percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of May;

[(10)     seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of June;

[(11)     seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of July; and

[(12)     eight percent of the yearly entitlement of the school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day of August].

(6)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 5 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:

SECTION 5.____.  Sections 48.273 and 48.274, Education Code, as transferred, redesignated, and amended by this Act, apply only to a payment from the foundation school fund that is made on or after September 1, 2019. A payment from the foundation school fund to a school district or open-enrollment charter school that is made before that date is governed by the law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.