Amend CSSB 933 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  Before SECTION 1 of the bill (committee printing, page  
1, between lines 11 and 12), insert the following:

ARTICLE 1.  AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE 

THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2009
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (committee printing, page 1, 
line 12), strike "SECTION 1." and substitute "SECTION 1.01.".
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill (committee printing, page 1, 
line 24), strike "SECTION 2." and substitute "SECTION 1.02.".
	(4)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 1, 
line 57), strike "SECTION 3." and substitute "SECTION 1.03.".
	(5)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 1, 
line 58), strike "Section 12.157" and substitute "Sections 12.157 
and 12.158".
	(6) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
12.157(d), Education Code (committee printing, page 2, lines 
30-32).
	(7)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in proposed Section 12.157(e), 
Education Code (committee printing, page 2, line 33), strike "(e)" 
and substitute "(d)".
	(8)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 2, 
between lines 42 and 43), insert the following:
	(e)  This section expires September 1, 2009.                            
	Sec. 12.158.  STATE FUNDING.  (a)  Except as otherwise 
determined by the commissioner under this section, for each 
enrolled student in average daily attendance, a virtual charter 
school is entitled to funding at a level determined by the 
commissioner under this section, not to exceed a level equal to the 
funding for each student in average daily attendance in an 
open-enrollment charter school.
	(b)  For purposes of virtual charter school funding, the 
commissioner shall determine the number of hours of virtual charter 
school educational activities that are the equivalent of one day of 
school attendance.
	(c)  The commissioner shall determine the level of funding 
for a virtual charter school under this section.  The level of 
funding must reflect the school's actual cost of efficiently 
providing a student with educational services, as determined by the 
commissioner.  The commissioner shall provide different levels of 
funding as necessary to reflect the costs of different 
instructional arrangements.
	(d)  A virtual charter school may not receive funding for a 
student if the student is not administered an assessment instrument 
under Subchapter B, Chapter 39.  The assessment instrument must be 
administered to the student in the presence of a qualified, 
independent person, as determined by the commissioner.  The 
commissioner may not grant a waiver from the requirements of this 
subsection.
	(e)  This section expires September 1, 2009.                            
	(9)  Strike SECTION 4 of the bill (committee printing, page 2, 
lines 43-47) and substitute the following:

ARTICLE 2.  AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	SECTION 2.01.  Effective September 1, 2009, Sections 12.151, 
12.152, and 12.153, Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "public 
senior college or university" has the meaning assigned by Section 
61.003.
	Sec. 12.152.  AUTHORIZATION.  [(a)]  In accordance with this 
subchapter and Subchapter D, the State Board of Education may grant 
a charter on the application of a public senior college or 
university for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the 
campus of the public senior college or university or in the same 
county in which the campus of the public senior college or 
university is located.
	Sec. 12.153.  RULES.  The commissioner may adopt rules to 
implement this subchapter.

ARTICLE 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE
	SECTION 3.01.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, 
this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of 
two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by 
Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not 
receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes 
effect September 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided by this Act.