Amend HB 878 (committee printing) as follows:                                
	(1)  On page 1, line 8, strike "Notwithstanding" and 
substitute "(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), 
notwithstanding".
	(2)  On page 2, between lines 5 and 6, insert:                                 
	"(b)  After the student completes any period of deferred 
prosecution or probation under Subsection (a), the principal of the 
campus on which the student would be enrolled if the student were 
not subject to Subsection (a) may admit the student to the campus 
and may assign the student to attendance in a regular classroom if:
		(1)  the student receives counseling from a licensed 
professional counselor while the student is enrolled in the school 
district; and
		(2)  the principal reasonably believes the student will 
not be a threat to other students on the campus."