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Amend CSSB 1 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In Article III of the bill, following the appropriation 	to the Texas Education Agency (page III-13), add the following 
appropriately numbered rider:
	____.  Intensive Reading Instruction and English Language 
Proficiency Pilot Program.  From the funds appropriated for the 
Student Success Initiative and from state and Federal ESL/LEP 
funds, the Commissioner may set aside $3 million for establishing 
an intensive reading instruction and English language proficiency 
pilot program for schools that have failed to improve student 
performance in reading and English language proficiency.  The pilot 
program must require the use of neuroscience-based, scientifically 
validated programs, interventions, or instructional tools that are 
proven to accelerate learning, cognitive ability, and English 
language proficiency.  The pilot program must provide for 
participating schools to perform assessments on participating 
students prior to entering the program, and upon completion of the 
program to measure improvements in both their reading and English 
language proficiency.  A school identified as eligible to 
participate in the pilot program shall implement only those 
interventions, programs, or instructional tools approved by the 
Commissioner.
	(2)  In Article XI of the bill, in the supplemental 
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page XI-13), strike 
the new rider for the intensive reading instruction and English 
language proficiency pilot program.