Floor Packet Page No. 271                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	On page 94, line 1, strike Section 39.0261 College 
Preparation Assessments and add a new Section 39.0261 starting at 
page 94, line 1, to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.0261. COLLEGE READINESS AND PREPARATION ASSESSMENTS.            
	(a)  In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise 
authorized or required by this subchapter, and to promote college 
readiness, high school students in the spring of the 11th grade or 
during the 12th grade shall select and take once one of the valid, 
reliable, and nationally normed assessment instruments used by 
colleges and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions 
processes, such as the American College Test (ACT) and the 
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
	(b)  In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise 
authorized or required by this subchapter, school districts shall 
administer to students in grades 8 and 10 educational planning and 
achievement assessments that promote college readiness and have the 
following characteristics:
		(1)  an integrated set of standards and 
curriculum-based achievement assessments that are valid, reliable 
and nationally normed; and 
		(2)  contain a common content continuum and scaled score 
in the assessed areas of mathematics, science, reading, and 
English.
	(c)  The agency shall:                                                  
		(1)  select and approve vendors of the specific 
assessments instruments administered under this section; and
		(2)  pay from its operating budget all costs associated 
with administration of the assessment instruments.
	(d)  The agency shall compile the results of any assessment 
instrument administered under this section and make the results 
available through the Public Education Information Management 
System (PEIMS).