Amend CSSB 7 (Senate committee printing) as follows: (1) Immediately before SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, between lines 13 and 14), insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly: SECTION ____. Section 5.001, Education Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: (6-a) "Private school" means a school that: (A) offers a course of instruction for students in one or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and (B) is not operated by a governmental entity. (2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 22.902, Education Code (page 1, between lines 48 and 49), insert the following: (e) This subsection applies only to a private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. A private school shall adopt a policy under which the school makes available to school employees and volunteers instruction in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. The policy must comply with the requirements prescribed by this section and commissioner rules adopted under this section, including the requirements prescribed by Subsection (c). (3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 28.0023, Education Code (page 1, between lines 59 and 60), insert the following: (c) This subsection applies only to a private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. A private school shall provide instruction to students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section and State Board of Education rules adopted under this section. (4) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 38.017, Education Code (page 2, between lines 34 and 35), insert the following: (e) This subsection applies only to a private school that receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. A private school shall: (1) make available at the school at least one automated external defibrillator; and (2) in coordination with the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, adopt a policy concerning the availability of an automated external defibrillator at athletic competitions and practices in a manner consistent with the requirements prescribed by this section, including the training and maintenance requirements prescribed by this section. (5) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 38.018, Education Code (page 2, lines 36 and 37), strike "Each school district shall develop safety procedures for a district employee or student" and substitute "(a) Each school district and private school shall develop safety procedures for a district or school employee or student". (6) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 38.018, Education Code (page 2, between lines 42 and 43), insert the following: (b) A private school is required to develop safety procedures under this section only if the school receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator. (7) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Section 44.047, Education Code (page 2, line 46), strike "A school district that purchases" and substitute "(a) A school district or private school that purchases". (8) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Section 44.047, Education Code (page 2, between lines 50 and 51), insert the following: (b) A private school that purchases or leases an automated external defibrillator is required to comply with the requirements of this section only if the school receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease the automated external defibrillator. (9) In SECTION 8 of the bill, immediately following added Subsection (b) (page 2, between lines 62 and 63), insert the following: (b-1) Each private school to which Section 28.0023(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as required by that section beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.