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	Amend the Geren amendment to HB 2 on page 265 of the floor 

packet as follows:

	(1)  Strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following SECTION 

and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

	Section __.  Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding 

Sec. 34.008 (e) and (f) to read as follows:

	(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 

in a county with a juvenile justice alternative education program 

established under Section 37.011, the expulsion under a provision 

of Section 37.007 described by this subsection of a student with a 

disability who receives special education services must occur in 

accordance with this subsection and Subsection (f).  The school 

district from which the student was expelled shall, in accordance 

with applicable federal law, provide the administrator of the 

juvenile justice alternative education program or the 

administrator's designee with reasonable notice of the meeting of 

the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee to discuss 

the student's expulsion.  A representative of the juvenile justice 

alternative education program may participate in the meeting to the 

extent that the meeting relates to the student's placement in the 

program.  This subsection applies only to an expulsion under:

		(1)  Section 37.007(b), (c), or (f); or                                

		(2)  Section 37.007(d) as a result of conduct that 

contains the elements of any offense listed in Section 37.007(b)(3) 

against any employee or volunteer in retaliation for or as a result 

of the person's employment or association with a school district.

	(f)  If, after placement of a student in a juvenile justice 

alternative education program under Subsection (e), the 

adminstrator of the program or the administrator's designee has 

concerns that the student's educational or behavioral needs cannot 

be met in the program, the administrator or designee shall 

immediately provide written notice of those concerns to the school 

district from which the student was expelled.  The student's 

admission, review, and dismissal committee shall meet to reconsider 

the placement of the student in the program.  The district shall, in 

accordance with applicable federal law, provide the administrator 

or designee with reasonable notice of the meeting, and a 

representative of the program may participate in the meeting to the 

extent that the meeting relates to the student's continued 

placement in the program.

	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 

renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

	SECTION__.  Section 37.004 (g), Education Code, is repealed.