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:

____.  Prohibition Against Use of Appropriated Money to Affirm Gender Inconsistent with Biological Sex. Money appropriated by this Act for the Foundation School Program may not be used to communicate, insinuate, endorse, or affirm in any manner that an individual has or can have a gender identity that is inconsistent with the individual's biological sex as determined by the individual's birth certificate or other proof of identity on file with the individual's school to the extent that general law allows.