Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, by amending Rider 29, Educator Quality and Leadership (page III-17), as follows:

(1)  In Subsection (a) of the second paragraph of the rider, strike "7,000,000" and substitute "$1,750,000".

(2)  In Subsection (c) of the second paragraph of the rider, strike "$19,500,000" and substitute "$6,250,000".

(3)  In Subsection (c) of the second paragraph of the rider, after the semicolon, strike "and,".

(4)  In Subsection (d) of the second paragraph of the rider, strike the period and substitute "; and".

(5)  Add the following appropriately lettered subsection to the second paragraph of the rider:

(____)  $18,500,000 for the 2026-27 biennium to implement teacher residency partnership programs through approved teacher residency programs.