Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 3, strike "$200,000,000" and substitute "$185,000,000" in each of the following places it appears:

(A)  line 9; and

(B)  line 26.

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

SECTION ____.  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS RESKILLING AND UPSKILLING THROUGH EDUCATION (TRUE) PROGRAM. (a) The amount of $15,000,000 is appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board 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 operating the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Program during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.

(b)  The Higher Education Coordinating Board shall distribute the money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section in a manner consistent with Subchapter T-2, Chapter 61, Education Code, as added by Section 1, Chapter 601 (SB 1102), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. The board may not place additional eligibility requirements on eligible entities beyond the statutory limitations of Subchapter T-2, Chapter 61, Education Code, as added by Section 1, Chapter 601 (SB 1102), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, including matching fund requirements by recipients of money appropriated by this section.