Amend CSSB 933 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 1, 
line 58), strike "Section 12.157" and substitute "Sections 12.157 
and 12.159".
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 2, 
between lines 42 and 43), insert the following:
	Sec. 12.159.  REPORT.  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each 
even-numbered year, using funds available for the virtual charter 
school program, the commissioner shall submit a report to the 
governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives.  To the extent information is available, the 
report must include:
		(1)  recommendations regarding virtual charter school 
funding mechanisms and mechanisms designed to monitor student 
identification and participation;
		(2)  recommendations regarding revenue sources, 
including any funding from general revenue or the agency, necessary 
to support quality assurance and audit requirements for virtual 
charter schools;
		(3)  information relating to the quality of electronic 
courses, as measured by student achievement on assessment 
instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39;
		(4)  recommendations regarding any need to develop or 
license specific electronic courses for statewide use to ensure a 
cost-efficient increase in student access to the recommended high 
school program, including any estimated costs and resources 
necessary to make the courses available statewide;
		(5)  for each grade level, including kindergarten and 
first and second grade, recommendations regarding the 
effectiveness and any benefit to students of electronic courses;
		(6)  the estimated number and cost to the state of 
private school and home school students who are expected to 
participate in the virtual charter school program during the two 
years following the date of the report;
		(7)  the impact of the virtual charter school program 
on school districts and campuses; and
		(8)  recommendations regarding any limit on the number 
of:           
			(A)  universities that may grant virtual charter 
schools; and       
			(B)  students that may enroll in virtual charter 
schools.           
	(b)  This section expires September 1, 2009.