Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In Article I of the bill, reduce the total amount appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor, for the purposes of Strategy C.2.1, Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia, (page I-58), by $1,000,000 for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.
(2) In Article VII of the bill, in the bill pattern for the Texas Workforce Commission, in Goal B, State Workforce Development (page VII-35), add Strategy B.6.1, Mobile Statewide Workforce Development, and provide for appropriations for that strategy in the amount of $1,000,000 from the general revenue fund for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.
(3) Following the appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission (page VII-36), add the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Mobile Statewide Workforce Development. Out of the funds appropriated above for Strategy B.6.1, Mobile Statewide Workforce Development, in each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, the amount of $1,000,000 may be used only for the purpose of creating a mobile statewide workforce development pilot program to generate student, parent, and educator interest in technical professions in the construction, manufacturing, transportation, and utility industries by emphasizing the high-tech, high-wage potential of these student career paths and utilizing a mobile workshop that brings elements of skilled professions to students through simulators and virtual reality experiences. Any unobligated and unexpended balances remaining as of August 31, 2026, are appropriated for the same purpose in the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2026.
(4) Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.