Amend Amendment No. 77 by Guillen to CSSB 1 (page 144, prefiled amendments packet) by striking page 1, lines 6-20 of the amendment and substituting the following:

____.  Contingent Appropriation: Regional Education Service Center for Region 13. Out of money appropriated to the Texas Education Agency under Section 13.01, Article IX, notwithstanding Section 13.02, Article IX, and to the extent authorized by federal law, the commissioner of education shall allocate for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2021, an amount equal to the lesser of $2,500,000 or the total amount of that money that may be spent for purposes of this section to the Regional Education Service Center for Region 13 for the center to provide professional development and other technical assistance services to school districts in the region that are part of the New Tech Network.