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	Amend CSHB 2237 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  On page 27, between lines 24 and 25, insert the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0801 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0801.  RESEARCH AND PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON MINORITY 
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.  (a) The board may enter into an agreement with 
a nonprofit educational leadership organization that qualifies for 
an exemption from federal taxes under Section 501(c)(3), Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, to:
		(1)  conduct, coordinate, collect, and evaluate 
research relating to eliminating educational and other achievement 
gaps among ethnic and racial minority students, with a particular 
focus on eliminating achievement gaps among African American 
students; and
		(2)  develop programs, policies, and strategies to 
address the achievement gaps described by Subdivision (1).
	(b)  An organization that enters into an agreement under this 
section shall report to the board by a date as determined by the 
board:
		(1)  the findings of the research conducted under 
Subsection (a)(1); and
		(2)  any recommendations relating to:                                  
			(A)  the research conducted under Subsection 
(a)(1); and            
			(B)  the programs, policies, and strategies 
developed to address the achievement gaps as described by 
Subsection (a)(2).
	(c)  The board shall present the report described by 
Subsection (b) to legislature and the governor.
	(d)  An organization that enters into an agreement under this 
section or the board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from 
any public or private source to conduct the research described by 
this section.
	(e)  The board may use money appropriated for the purposes of 
this section and any gifts and grants received under Subsection (c) 
to establish and operate the research project described by this 
section.
	(2)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.