Amend CSHB 1525 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTION 25 of the bill (page 21, lines 3 through 19).

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:

SECTION ____.  Section 48.302(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the commission for the agency to transfer funds to the commission [funds specifically appropriated to the agency] for the commission to provide to an individual who is 21 years of age or older a subsidy in an amount equal to the cost of taking one high school equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111.

(3)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.