Amend CSHB 318 by striking page 3, line 14 through page 4,
line 1 and inserting the following:
      <(c)>  A school district chosen by a student's parent under
Section 29.201 is entitled to <accept or> reject the application
for the student to attend school in that district only if 95
percent or more of the available positions for the grade level for
which the student is applying are filled.  The district <but> may
not use criteria that discriminate on the basis of a student's
race, ethnicity, academic achievement, athletic abilities, language
proficiency, sex, or socioeconomic status.  A school district that
has more acceptable applicants for attendance under this subchapter
than available positions must give priority to students at risk of
dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081 and must fill
the available positions by lottery.  However, to achieve continuity
in education, a school district may give preference over at-risk
students to enrolled students and to the siblings of enrolled
students residing in the same household or other children residing
in the same household as enrolled students for the convenience of
parents, guardians, or custodians of those children.