Amend HB 31 as follows: (1) On page 1, after line 24, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS appropriately: SECTION __. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.0232 to read as follows: Sec. 39.0232. ASSESSMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES: FIFTH GRADE. (a) As provided by this section, students in grade five may be assessed in social studies as required by Section 39.023(a)(5) through the administration of the reading assessment instrument required by Section 39.023(a)(2). (b) Selections included in the reading assessment instrument for grade five under Section 39.023(a)(2) shall contain historical selections with an emphasis on primary source documents. (c) The commissioner by rule may: (1) determine the portion of the selections to include in the reading assessment instrument for purposes of assessing essential knowledge and skills in social studies for students in grade five; and (2) develop procedures for segregating the reporting of results of student performance on the fifth grade social studies portion of the reading assessment instrument under this section. (2) On page 2, line 3, after "Act", insert ", or Section 39.0232, Education Code, as added by this Act".