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Amend CSSB 7 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered section and renumbering the 
subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 38.019 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.019.  CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING PILOT PROGRAM.  (a) 
In this section, "pilot program" means the cardiovascular screening 
pilot program.
	(b)  The commissioner shall establish a pilot program under 
which sixth grade students at participating campuses are 
administered a cardiovascular screening, including an 
electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram.
	(c)  The commissioner shall select campuses to participate 
in the pilot program.  In selecting campuses, the commissioner 
shall ensure that the cardiovascular screening is administered to 
an ethnically diverse range of students.
	(d)  The commissioner may accept grants and donations for use 
in administering the pilot program.
	(e)  The commissioner shall require a participating campus 
to provide the results of a student's cardiovascular screening to 
the student's parent or guardian.
	(f)  Each campus selected to participate in the pilot program 
shall provide a summary of the results of the cardiovascular 
screenings to the commissioner in a manner that does not identify 
specific students.  Not later than January 1, 2009, the 
commissioner shall prepare and deliver to each member of the 
legislature a report summarizing the results of the cardiovascular 
screenings.  This subsection expires June 1, 2009.
	(g)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to 
administer this section.