Amend CSSB 30 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 6, line 8 (SECTION 2.14 of the bill), strike "$102,700,000" and substitute "$2,700,000".
(2) Insert the following new SECTION 4.____ of the bill to read as follows:
SECTION 4.____. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: FULL AND INDIVIDUAL INITIAL EVALUATIONS. The amount of $100,000,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Education Agency for use during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for Strategy A.2.3, Students with Disabilities, as listed on page III-2 in Chapter 1053 (SB 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), and HB 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), to provide grants to expeditiously reimburse school districts for costs related to identification of students eligible to participate in a school district's special education program under Education Code Sec. 29.003, including full individual and initial evaluations at a rate between $250 and $1,000 per evaluation set by the commissioner based on data submitted to the Texas Education Agency annually.