Amend CSSB 1 on page III-13, in the bill pattern of the Texas Education Agency, strike Rider 18, Appropriation Limited Revenue Collections, and substitute the following new rider:

18.  Appropriation Limited Revenue Collections. Fees, fines, and other miscellaneous revenues as authorized and generated by the operation of the programs pursuant to the statutes referenced below shall cover, at a minimum, the cost of the appropriations made to support the programs above in Strategies B.3.2-B.3.5, as well as the "other direct and indirect costs" made elsewhere in this Act associated with those programs. Direct costs for the programs referenced below are estimated to be $31,870,549 in fiscal year 2026 and $28,863,696 in fiscal year 2027 and "other direct and indirect costs" for these programs are estimated to be $2,527,072 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,551,812 in fiscal year 2027:

In the event that actual and/or projected fee revenue collections are insufficient to offset program costs, the Legislative Budget Board may direct that the Comptroller of Public Accounts reduce the appropriation authority provided for these programs to be within the amount of fee revenue expected to be available.

All fees collected in excess of the Comptroller of Public Accounts Biennial Revenue Estimate for each individual fee program are appropriated to the Texas Education Agency to be spent on the program that generated the fees. Under no circumstances may the Texas Education Agency expend fees collected from one program in support of another program.

Any unexpended balances as of August 31, 2025, are appropriated to the Texas Education Agency, Strategy A.1.1, FSP - Equalized Operations, to reduce the state compression percentage pursuant to Section 48.255 of the Education Code for fiscal year 2027. The sum-certain appropriation for the Foundation School Program in Rider 3 of the Texas Education Agency bill pattern shall be adjusted accordingly.

Any unexpended balances remaining as of August 31, 2026, are appropriated to the Property Tax Relief Fund and may be used only to reduce the state compression percentage pursuant to Section 48.255 of the Education Code.