Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) in SECTION 2 of the substitute, between added Section 29.3521, Education Code, and added Section 29.353, Education Code (page 3, between lines 26 and 27), by inserting the following:
Sec. 29.3522. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the comptroller may not spend money appropriated for purposes of the program for a state fiscal year unless the comptroller determines that for that fiscal year:
(1) the annual average base salary of an educator employed by a public school in this state is at least equal to the annual average base salary of a certified public school educator in at least 95 percent of the states; and
(2) the amount of state and local funding per student in average daily attendance statewide under the Foundation School Program is at least equal to the average amount of public school funding per student in at least 95 percent of the states.