Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page III-3), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  College, Career, and Military Readiness Outcome Preparation Program. (a) Included in amounts appropriated above to the Texas Education Agency in Strategy A.2.1, Statewide Educational Programs, is $1,000,000 from the general revenue fund for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, for the Texas Education Agency to implement a College, Career, and Military Readiness Outcome Preparation Program to provide grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to:

(1)  access advanced coursework for educationally disadvantaged students, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and

(2)  evaluate student college, career, and military readiness.

(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that:

(1)  the College, Career, and Military Readiness Outcome Preparation Program increase the number of students meeting college, career, and military readiness milestones and enhance the ability of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to earn outcomes bonuses under Section 48.110, Education Code; and

(2)  school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that receive grants under the program partner with nonprofit organizations with a record of improving access to advanced coursework for educationally disadvantaged students, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code.

(c)  The Texas Education Agency shall establish a list of approved nonprofit organizations from which grant recipients may choose to partner with under Subsection (b)(2) of this section.

(d)  Not later than August 31 of each year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025, the commissioner of education shall:

(1)  use currently available student performance data and reporting from school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that received grants during that state fiscal year to prepare a report describing:

(A)  program effectiveness;

(B)  implementation activities by districts and schools that received grants; and

(C)  student and district outcomes meeting or exceeding college, career, and military readiness benchmarks; and

(2)  submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board and post on the agency's Internet website the report prepared under Subdivision (1).

(e)  Any unexpended balance of money allocated as described by Subsection (a) of this rider remaining as of August 31, 2026, is appropriated for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2027, for the same purpose.