Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(a), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, lines 
34-35), strike "whose students demonstrate successful annual 
individual student growth in achievement" and substitute "based on 
high student achievement".
	(2)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(c), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, line 48), 
strike "Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), each" and 
substitute "Each".
	(3)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(c), Education Code, between "subchapter" and the period 
(committee printing, page 21, line 51), insert "or stipends in 
accordance with Subsection (e)".
	(4)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 21.651, 
Education Code (committee printing, page 21, lines 52 through 54), 
strike Subsection (d).
	(5)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(e), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, lines 55 
and 56), strike "an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the".
	(6)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(e), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, line 60), 
strike "and".
	(7)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(e), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, line 64), 
strike the period and substitute "; and".
	(8)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.651(e), Education Code (committee printing, page 21, between 
lines 64 and 65), insert the following:
		(3)  teachers who serve as mentors under Section 
21.458.             
	(9)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 
21.652(a), Education Code (committee printing, page 22, lines 5 and 
6), strike "individual student growth in achievement" and 
substitute "student achievement".
	(10)  In Section 2A.12 of the bill, in added Section 21.652, 
Education Code (committee printing, page 22, lines 10 through 18), 
strike added Subsection (c) and substitute the following:
	(c)  Criteria for making incentive payments to employees 
under a local incentive plan must be based on high student 
achievement and improvement on graduation rates.
	(11)  In Section 2C.15 of the bill, in the introductory 
language (committee printing, page 39, line 7) between "39.034" and 
"and", insert ", 39.0341,".
	(12)  In Section 2C.15 of the bill, in added Section 39.034, 
Education Code (committee printing, page 39, lines 26 and 27), 
strike Subsection (e) and substitute the following:
	(e)  The commissioner may not implement this section before 
September 1, 2007.  The commissioner may implement this section 
only after complying with Section 39.0341.
	(13)  In Section 2C.15 of the bill (committee printing, page 
39, between lines 27 and 28), insert the following:
	Sec. 39.0341.  STUDY OF METHOD OF MEASURING INDIVIDUAL 
STUDENT GROWTH IN ACHIEVEMENT. (a) The commissioner shall conduct a 
comprehensive study of methods of measuring individual student 
growth in achievement on assessment instruments.
	(b)  The study shall include a determination of the 
feasibility of implementing a method of measuring individual 
student growth in achievement as described in Section 39.034(a), an 
analysis of the anticipated effectiveness of the method as a 
reliable measure of student achievement, and a comparison of 
methods adopted by other states to measure individual student 
growth in achievement on assessment instruments.
	(c)  The commissioner shall report the results of the study 
to the legislature not later than December 1, 2006. This subsection 
expires January 1, 2007.