Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 6, strike "$7,245,419,946" and substitute "$7,244,419,946".

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

SECTION ____.  TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: EMPLOYMENT COACHING AND JOB READINESS. The amount of $1,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas Workforce Commission 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 two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing funding to nonprofit organizations that provide employment coaching and job readiness programs.