Amend CSHB 2 on third reading as follows:
(1) In Article 7 of the bill insert the following in the appropriate place and renumber accordingly:
SECTION . Subchapter F, Chapter 48, is amended by adding Section 48.285 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.285. ADDITIONAL STATE AID TO ENSURE FUNDING OF RETENTION ALLOTMENTS. (a) For the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years, a school district is entitled to additional state aid each year equal to the amount, if the amount is greater than zero, that the district is entitled to under Sections 48.158 and 48.1581 less the amount that results from subtracting the amount of funding the district was entitled to under this chapter and Chapter 49 as those chapters existed on September 1, 2024 from the funding the district is entitled to under this chapter and Chapter 49 for the current year.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2028.
(2) In the section of the bill adding Section 48.1581, Education Code, add the following subsection to Section 48.1581:
(b-1) In determining adjusted average daily attendance under this section the agency shall exclude students who do not reside in the district and are enrolled in a full-time virtual program.