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.