Amend HB 160 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 21, strike "$113,082,887" and substitute "$112,082,887".

(2)  On page 2, line 14, strike "$32,991,791" and substitute "$31,991,791".

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

SECTION ____.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADULT HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. (a) The amounts of $500,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and $500,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, are appropriated to the Texas Education Agency from money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of distributing the money through the adult high school charter school program to a nonprofit entity authorized under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, Education Code, to improve education and workforce outcomes in communities adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for economically disadvantaged students who have not completed their high school education.

(b)  Any unexpended balance of the money appropriated for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, by Subsection (a) of this section remaining as of that date is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for the same purpose for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023.