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	Amend the Eissler amendment HB 2217 as follows:                              
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 29.919 to read as follows:
	Sec. 29.919 TECHNOLOGY-BASED SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION PILOT 
PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish a pilot program under 
which state grant funds are provided to finance technology-based 
supplemental instruction to students at the sixth through 12th 
grade levels at participating campuses.
	(b) A campus is eligible to participate in the program and 
receive state grant funds if the campus is located in a school 
district that:
		(1) has an enrollment of fewer than 5,000 students; and                
		(2) is not located in an area defined by the United 
States Office of Management and Budget as a standard metropolitan 
statistical area as of January 1, 2007.
	(c) The commissioner shall develop an application and 
selection process for selecting campuses to participate in the 
program. The commissioner shall give priority to a campus that 
offers a relatively limited course selection to students, in 
comparison to the course selections generally offered to students 
in metropolitan areas.
	(d) A campus selected to participate in the program is 
entitled to receive state grant funds in an amount not to exceed 
$200 each school year for each student in an eligible grade level 
served through the program. The state grant funds must be used to 
provide technology-based supplemental instruction for students at 
the eligible grade levels. Permissible expenditures under the 
program include costs incurred to provide:
		(1) research-based instructional support;                              
		(2) teacher training;                                                  
		(3) academic tutoring or counseling;                                   
		(4) distance learning opportunities that use the 
Internet and are aligned with the essential knowledge and skills 
adopted under Section 28.002 for the subject areas of English 
language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, and languages 
other than English, as applicable; and
		(5) distance learning opportunities that enable 
students to earn college credit in the subject areas of English 
language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, or languages 
other than English.
	(e) As a condition of receiving a state grant, a campus must 
contribute additional funding for activities provided at the campus 
through the program, in an amount equal to at least $100 each school 
year for each student in an eligible grade level served through the 
program. The additional funding required by this subsection may 
consist of local funds, private funds, or state funds other than 
grant funds provided under this section. For program activities 
provided at the high school level, the high school allotment 
provided under Section 42.2516(b)(3) may be used to meet the 
additional funding requirement prescribed by this subsection.
	(f) A campus participating in the program must make 
instructional support services available to students outside of 
regular school hours for at least 10 hours each week.
	(g) The commissioner shall pay the costs of the program using 
funds available for that purpose, not to exceed $4 million each 
fiscal year or a greater amount specified by the General 
Appropriations Act.
	(h) Using funds available for the program in an amount not to 
exceed $150,000 each fiscal year, the commissioner shall contract 
for an evaluation of the program's effectiveness in improving 
student performance. Not later than December 1, 2008, the 
commissioner shall deliver an interim report containing the results 
of the evaluation. Not later than December 1, 2010, the 
commissioner shall deliver a final report regarding the program to 
the legislature.
	(i) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
this section.
	(j) This section expires September 1, 2011.                             
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a 
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.