Amend SB 1470 as follows:
(1) On page 2, line 16, strike "one half" and substitute "one
third".
(2) Strike lines 21 on page 2 through line 11 on page 3 and
substitute the following:
(f) A [Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a]
student participating in a program authorized by this section must
have taken the [exit-level] assessment instruments specified by
Section [39.025(a)] 39.023(a) for grade 9 before entering the
program and [or] must take each grade level [those] assessment
instrument administered [instruments] during the period [first
year] in which the student is enrolled in the program. [The
commissioner may authorize a student to take the assessment
instruments required by Section 39.023(a) to be administered to
students in grade 10 instead of the exit-level assessment
instruments.] A student participating in the program may not take
the high school equivalency examination unless the student has
taken the assessment instruments required by this subsection.