Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  In Article II of the bill, in the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-33), reduce the general revenue appropriations for the acquisition of information resource technologies by 15 percent for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.

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

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

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