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	Amend the Eissler amendment to HB 2217 as follows:                           
	(1)  On page 26 of the amendment, between lines 5 and 6, add 
the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0767 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0767.  CENTER FOR STUDY OF ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL 
METHODS.  (a)  The board, in collaboration with public school 
educators and faculty and staff of institutions of higher 
education, shall establish and operate a center for the study and 
development of advanced instructional methods and standards 
intended to provide for the educational needs of students in public 
schools and institutions of higher education and the workplace 
needs of employers in the 21st century.
	(b)  In carrying out its mission, the center shall provide 
services to officers and employees, as applicable, of school 
districts, charter schools, regional education service centers, 
the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, the State 
Board for Educator Certification, and institutions of higher 
education by:
		(1)  studying and developing methods to improve 
standards, instruction, and assessments in public schools and 
institutions of higher education and disseminating information 
concerning those methods;
		(2)  supporting the design and implementation of 
technology-based instructional strategies and of professional 
development for educators in using those strategies; and
		(3)  based on the best available research, adopting and 
disseminating recommendations for improving the effectiveness of 
instruction in public schools and institutions of higher education 
through the use of technology-based instructional strategies.
	(2)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill.