Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Proportionately reduce each general revenue appropriation made by this Act so that the total amount of general revenue appropriations made by this Act is reduced by $11,100,000,000.

(2)  In the bill pattern for the Texas Education Agency, in Goal A, Provide Education System Leadership, Guidance, and Resources (III-1), add Strategy A.1.3, Property Tax Relief, and appropriate the amount of money equal to the amount by which appropriations are reduced under Item 1 of this amendment from the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for that strategy for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.

(3)  In Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page III-3), insert the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Additional Property Tax Compression.  The Texas Education Agency shall use the entire amount appropriated above for Strategy A.1.3, Property Tax Relief, for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, to reduce the state compression percentage under Section 48.255, Education Code, to the lowest possible percentage for that biennium.

(4)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.