Amend CSHB 2237 (Senate committee report) as follows:                        
	On page __, between lines __  and __, insert the following new 
Section 39.116, Education Code, to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.116.  INTIATIVE FOR RETAINING QUALITY EDUCATORS.  
(a)  To help prevent dropouts and disruptions that may result from 
certain mandatory sanctions, a school district may:
		(1)  notwithstanding Section 39.1324(b), retain at a 
campus a principal who has been employed at the campus in that 
capacity during the two-year period described by Section 39.1324(a) 
and whose campus has demonstrated a pattern of significant academic 
improvement by students at the campus.
	Renumber accordingly