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	Amend SB 282 (Engrossed version) as follows:                                 

(1)  After SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 28.010, 	Education Code (page 1, between lines 18 and 19), insert the 
following SECTION, appropriately numbered:
	SECTION ____.  Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  During the first school year a student is enrolled in a 
high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment 
charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a 
counselor shall provide information about higher education to the 
student and the student's parent or guardian.  The information must 
include information regarding:
		(1)  the importance of higher education;                                      
		(2)  the advantages of completing the recommended or 
advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a);
		(3)  the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for 
a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of 
taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
		(4)  financial aid eligibility;                                               
		(5)  instruction on how to apply for federal financial 
aid;                 
		(6)  the center for financial aid information 
established under Section 61.0776;
		(7)  the automatic admission of certain students to 
general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section 
51.803; [and]
		(8)  the eligibility and academic performance 
requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M, 
Chapter 56; and
		(9)  the availability of programs in the district under 
which a student may earn college credit, including advanced 
placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and 
college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs 
[, as added by Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 1999].
	(2)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.