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	Amend CSHB 2238 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education  Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.023.  REPORT RELATING TO CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED 
BY CERTAIN STUDENTS.  (a)  In the manner required by the 
commissioner, each school district shall annually report to the 
commissioner information relating to an offense that does not 
involve the use of a weapon:
		(1)  committed by a student in kindergarten through 
grade five, during school hours, and on school property; and
		(2)  for which the student receives a citation.                        
	(b)  Conduct that must be reported under Subsection (a) 
includes only conduct that:
		(1)  is not harassment as defined by Section 37.001;                   
		(2)  occurs between two students;                                      
		(3)  is not violent;                                                   
		(4)  involves open-handed physical contact; and                        
		(5)  is not intended to cause harm and is playful.                     
	(c)  The report required under Subsection (a) must include:             
		(1)  the offense committed by the student;                             
		(2)  the age and sex of the student;                                   
		(3)  the grade level of the student; and                               
		(4)  the campus to which the student is assigned.                      
	(d)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement 
this section.
	SECTION ____.  Section 37.023, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies beginning with the 2007-2008 school year.