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Amend HB 2 on page 101, immediately after line 27, by 

inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTION:

	SECTION 2B.__.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 

amended by adding Section 37.085 to read as follows:

	Sec. 37.085.  STUDY ON BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION.  (a)  The 

agency shall conduct a study on the prevalence in public schools of 

bullying and discrimination based on the ethnicity, color, gender, 

gender identity, sexual preference, disability, religion, or 

national origin of a student or a student's parent.

	(b)  The agency shall deliver a report describing the results 

of the study to the legislature not later than January 1, 2007.

	(c)  This section expires June 1, 2007.