Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article III of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page III-3), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____. High School Equivalency Subsidy Program. Out of the money appropriated above to the Texas Education Agency for Strategy A.1.1, Foundation School Program-Equalized Operations, the agency shall allocate $750,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2023 to administer the high school equivalency subsidy program described by Section 48.302(b), Education Code.