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

____.  Contingent Appropriation: Silent Panic Alert Technology. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 669 or similar legislation of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide each classroom with panic alert technology, out of funds appropriated above in Strategy B.2.2, Health and Safety, the Texas Education Agency shall allocate $10,000,000 in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, and $10,000,000 in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024, to implement that legislation. Any unexpended balance of money allocated under this provision remaining as of August 31, 2024, is allocated for the same purposes for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024.