Amend SB 467 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 28.005(c),
Education Code (House committee report, page 1, line 11), between
"grades" and the period, insert "as provided by Section 28.0051".
      (2)  Between SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (House committee
report, page 1, between lines 18 and 19), insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumber the subsequent
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION __. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0051 to read as follows:
      Sec. 28.0051. DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. (a)  A dual
language immersion program should be designed to produce students
with a demonstrated mastery, in both English and one other
language, of the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a).
      (b) The commissioner by rule shall adopt:
            (1) minimun requirements for a dual language immersion
program iplemented by a school district;
            (2) standards for evaluating:
                  (A) the success of a dual language immersion
program; and
                  (B) the performance of schools that implement a
dual language immersion program; and
            (3) standards for recognizing:
                  (A) schools that offer an exceptional dual
language immersion program; and
                  (B) students who successfully complete a dual
language immersion program.
            (c) A school district may implement a dual language
immersion program in a manner and at elementary grade levels
consistent with rules adopted by the commissioner under this
section.
      SECTION __. The rules adopted by the commissioner of
education under Section 28.0051, Education Code, as added by this
Act, must first address the implementation of dual language
immersion programs in prekindergarten through second grade classes
before addressing dual language immersion programs in grade levels
three and above.