Amend CSSB 1453 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 25.904(d), Education Code (page 1, lines 38-51).

(2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 52-55).

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

SECTION ____.  The Texas Education Agency is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that purpose.