Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  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. In addition to amounts appropriated above, the amount of $10,569,804,800 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, to reduce the state compression percentage under Section 48.255, Education Code, to the lowest possible percentage for that biennium.

(2)  In Article III of the bill, strike the appropriations and the riders to the following State Agencies of Higher Education because the agency is offering a certificate or degree program, including a major or minor, or a course in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer studies or in diversity, equity, and inclusion, including a program or course that does not comply with the biological reality that there are only two sexes––male and female––and they are not changeable or promotes differential treatment of individuals on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity:

(a)  University of Texas at Arlington (III-82 - III-84)

(b)  University of Texas at Austin (III-85 - III-89)

(c)  University of Texas at Dallas (III-89 - III-91)

(d)  University of Texas at El Paso (III-91 - III-94)

(e)  University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (III-94 - III-96)

(f)  University of Texas Permian Basin (III-96 - III-98)

(g)  University of Texas at San Antonio (III-98 - III-100)

(h)  University of Texas at Tyler (III-101 - III-102)

(i)  Stephen F. Austin State University (III-102 - III-105)

(j)  University of Texas System Administration (III-74 - III-76)

(k)  Texas A&M University Administrative and General Offices (III-105 - III-106)

(l)  Texas A&M University (III-106 - III-108)

(m)  Prairie View A&M University (III-111 - III-114)

(n)  Tarleton State University (III-114 - III-116)

(o)  Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (III-118 - III-121)

(p)  Texas A&M University - Kingsville (III-121 - III-123)

(q)  Texas A&M University - San Antonio (III-123 - III-125)

(r)  Texas A&M International University (III-125 - III-127)

(s)  West Texas A&M University (III-127 - III-129)

(t)  East Texas A&M University (III-129 - III-131)

(u)  Texas A&M University - Texarkana (III-131 - III-134)

(v)  University of Houston System Administration (III-134 - III-135)

(w)  University of Houston (III-136 - III-138)

(x)  University of Houston - Clear Lake (III-138 - III-140)

(y)  University of Houston - Downtown (III-123 - III-125)

(z)  University of Houston - Victoria (III-142 - III-144)

(aa)  University of North Texas (III-145 - III-147)

(bb)  University of North Texas at Dallas (III-147 - III-149)

(cc)  Texas Southern University (III-149 - III-152)

(dd)  Texas Tech University System Administration (III-153)

(ee)  Texas Tech University (III-154 - III-156)

(ff)  Angelo State University (III-156 - III-158)

(gg)  Midwestern State University (III-158 - III-161)

(hh)  Texas Woman's University System (III-161)

(ii)  Texas Woman's University (III-161 - III-164)

(jj)  Texas State University System (III-164 - III-165)

(kk)  Lamar University (III-165 - III-167)

(ll)  Lamar State College - Orange (III-169 - III-171)

(mm)  Sam Houston State University (III-172 - III-175)

(nn)  Texas State University (III-175 - III-177)

(oo)  Sul Ross State University (III-177 - III-179)

(pp)  Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College (III-179 - III-181)

(qq)  University of North Texas System Administration (III-144 - III-145)

(3)  Adjust totals and methods of financing appropriately.