Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report), in Article VII of the bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission (page VII-49), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Digital Technology Instruction. It is the intent of the legislature that out of funds above to the Texas Workforce Commission, the agency shall provide a grant to a non-profit entity in a county with a population no fewer than 2,600,000 and no larger than 2,700,000 to provide digital technology instruction and skills training. Included in amounts appropriated above to the Texas Workforce Commission in Strategy B.1.1, Skills Development, is $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2027 to be used solely for this purpose.