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Floor Packet Page No. 163                                                   



	

Amend HB 2 as follows:                                                       

	(1)  On page 147, between lines 20 and 21, insert the 

following appropriately numbered section and renumber the 

subsequent sections accordingly:

	SECTION 2D.__.  Effective August 1, 2006, Subchapter B, 

Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.036 to 

read as follows:

	Sec. 39.036.  DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.  

(a)  The commissioner shall adopt a diagnostic examination to 

assess each student entering a public charter district.  The 

examination must be designed to determine the grade level at which a 

student is performing.

	(b)  Not later than one month after a student enrolls in a 

public charter district, the public charter district must 

administer to the student the diagnostic examination adopted by the 

commissioner under this section.

	(2)  On page 148, line 4, between "(1)" and "the", insert 

"except as provided by Section 39.0511,".

	(3)  On page 151, between lines 19 and 20, insert the 

following appropriately numbered section and renumber the 

subsequent sections accordingly:

	SECTION 2D.__.  Effective August 1, 2006, Subchapter C, 

Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.0511 to 

read as follows:

	Sec. 39.0511.  INDICATOR FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.  (a)  The 

academic excellence indicator described by Section 39.051(b)(1) is 

not considered in determining the performance of a public charter 

district.

	(b)  In determining the performance of a public charter 

district, the commissioner shall consider the growth in student 

achievement of students enrolled at the public charter district, as 

determined by comparing student performance on the diagnostic 

examinations administered under Section 39.036 and student 

performance on assessment instruments required under Section 

39.023(a), (c), and (1).