Amend HB 587 as follows:
      1.  On page 1, line 53, after "preference." by inserting a
new subsection (b) to read as follows and by renumbering the
subsequent subsection:
      (b)  The sentencing judge may, as a condition of punishment,
require attendance in an educational program to further tolerance
and acceptance of others.
      2.  On page 4, line 59, after "Act." by inserting
appropriately numbered ARTICLES to read as follows and by
renumbering existing ARTICLES accordingly:
                           ARTICLE _____
      Section _____._____.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education
Code, is amended by adding Section 29.903 to read as follows:
      Sec. 29.903.  COMMUNITY EDUCATION RELATING TO HATE CRIME LAW.
(a)  The attorney general, in cooperation with the agency, shall
develop a program that provides instruction about state laws on
hate crimes:
            (1)  at appropriate grade levels, to students; and
            (2)  to the community at large.
      (b)  The agency shall make the program available to a school
on the request of the board of trustees or the school district of
which the school is a part, or if the school is an open-enrollment
charter school, on the request of the governing body of the school.
                           ARTICLE _____
      SECTION _____._____.  Section 29.903, Education Code, as
added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school
year.