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Floor Packet Page No. 298                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 126, between lines 15 and 16, add the following 
appropriately numbered section to Part 2E of the bill:
	SECTION 2E.__. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 29.0561 to read as follows:
	Sec.  29.0561.  CONSIDERATION; REENROLLMENT.  (a)  For the 
first two school years after a student is transferred out of a 
bilingual education or special language program under Section 
29.056(g), the language proficiency assessment committee shall 
consider:
	(1)  the total amount of time the student has been enrolled in 
a bilingual education or special language program;
	(2)  the student's grades each grading period in each subject 
in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002 (a) (1);
	(3)  the student's performance on each assessment instrument 
required under Section 39.023 (a) or (c)
	(4)  the number of credits toward high school graduation the 
student has earned, as applicable; and 
	(5)  any disciplinary actions taken against the student under 
Subchapter A, Chapter 37.
	(b)  If, during any grading period during the first two 
schools years after a student is transferred out of a bilingual 
education or special language program under Section 29.056(g), the 
student earns a failing grade in a subject in the foundation 
curriculum under Section 28.002 (a) (1), the language proficiency 
assessment committee shall reevaluate the student to determine if 
the student should reenroll in the bilingual education or special 
language program. Based on the reevaluation, the committee may 
arrange for intensive instruction for the student or may reenroll 
the student in the program.
	(2)  On page 164, line 1, between "(c)," and "29.203(c)", 
insert "29.056(h),".