Amend CSHB 1310 as follows:
      (1)  On page 4, line 27, strike "In" and substitute "Subject
to Section 21.609, in".
      (2)  On page 5, between lines 24 and 25, insert the
following:
      Sec. 21.609.  EVALUATION OF TEACHERS HOLDING NATIONAL
CERTIFICATION. (a)  The commissioner shall develop an assessment
system for evaluating teachers certified by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.  The system must:
            (1)  be based primarily on the academic performance of
students taught by those teachers; and
            (2)  specify criteria a teacher certified by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards must meet to
continue receiving a stipend under Section 21.607.
      (b)  Using the assessment system developed under Subsection
(a), the commissioner shall evaluate teachers certified by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards who receive a
stipend under Section 21.607.  A district shall renew a teacher's
stipend  every three years if the teacher meets the criteria for
stipend renewal established by the commissioner.