Floor Packet Page No. 252                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     

(1)  Strike Section 2D.04 of the bill (page 81, lines 11 	through 23) and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.
	(2)  Strike Sections 2D.07, 2D.08, and 2D.09 of the bill 
(page 82, line 13, through page 84, line 14) and renumber the 
subsequent sections accordingly.
	(3)  Strike Section 2D.11 of the bill (page 85, lines 9 
through 13) and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.
	(4)  Strike Sections 2D.15 and 2D.16 of the bill (page 87, 
line 6, through page 88, line 21) and renumber the subsequent 
sections accordingly.
	(5)  On page 88, strike lines 22 through 24 and substitute 
the following:    
	SECTION 2D.17.   Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as 
follows:
	(6)  Strike page 88, line 25, through page 89, line 18.                        
	(7)  Strike page 90, line 3, through page 91, line 15, and 
substitute the following:
	(c)  The agency shall also adopt secondary exit-level 
assessment instruments designed to be administered to students in 
grade 11 to assess essential knowledge and skills in mathematics, 
English language arts, social studies, and science.  The 
mathematics section must include at least Algebra I and geometry 
with the aid of technology.  The English language arts section must 
include at least English III and must include the assessment of 
essential knowledge and skills in writing. The social studies 
section must include early American and United States history.  The 
science section must include at least biology and integrated 
chemistry and physics.  The assessment instruments must be designed 
to assess a student's mastery of minimum skills necessary for high 
school graduation and readiness to enroll in an institution of 
higher education.  If a student is in a special education program 
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, 
and dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable 
modification is necessary in administering to the student an 
assessment instrument required under this subsection or whether the 
student should be exempted under Section 39.027(a)(2).  The State 
Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments.  
The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the 
administration of secondary exit-level assessment instruments.  
Each student who did not perform satisfactorily on any secondary 
exit-level assessment instrument when initially tested shall be 
given multiple opportunities to retake that assessment instrument.  
A student who performs at or above a level established by the Texas 
Higher Education Coordinating Board on the secondary exit-level 
assessment instruments is exempt from the requirements of Section 
51.3062 [51.306].  The performance level established by the Texas 
Higher Education Coordinating Board under this subsection 
represents the level of academic achievement indicating a student 
is prepared for college course work.  The performance level may be 
used as an indicator to measure progress toward college 
preparedness of public school students in this state.
	(8)  Strike Section 2D.20 of the bill (page 92, line 21, 
through page 93, line 25) and renumber the subsequent sections 
accordingly.
	(9)  On page 93, line 27, strike "(d), (e), and (f)" and 
substitute "(d) and (e)".
	(10)  On page 94, strike lines 15 through 20.                                  
	(11)  On page 97, line 26, strike "end-of-course
[secondary-exit level]" and substitute "secondary-exit level".
	(12)  On page 112, strike lines 15 through 19 and substitute 
the following:  
		(3)  a summary compilation of the percentage of 
graduating students who are exempt from the requirements of Section 
51.3062 based on performance on an exit-level assessment instrument 
required under Section 39.023;
	(13)  Strike Section 2D.37 of the bill (page 123, line 17, 
through page 124, line 5) and renumber the subsequent sections 
accordingly.
	(14)  On page 126, lines 5-7 and lines 24-26, and page 127, 
lines 5-7, strike "the reading assessment instrument under Section 
39.023(a) or the English I or II assessment instrument under 
Section 39.023(c), as applicable" each place it appears and 
substitute "the reading or English language arts assessment 
instrument, as applicable, under Section 39.023(a)".
	(15)  On page 164, line 1, strike "39.023(j),".