Amend CSHB 11 (house committee report), on page 18, by striking lines 19 through 21 and substituting the following:
more than 40 teachers during a school year, except that the commissioner may approve an application submitted by the district to receive for a school year additional allotments for additional classroom teachers, if the district has more than 40 classroom teachers who are eligible to participate in the mentoring program described by Subsection (a). In approving applications under this subsection, the commissioner shall ensure the total amount provided in allotments under this section does not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose for that school year.