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