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	Amend CSHB 3 (house committee report) as follows:                            

(1)  On page 20, line 17, strike "Subsection (a-1)" and 	substitute "Subsections (a-1) and (o)".
	(2)  On page 22, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:                  
	(o)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c) or Section 39.025, a 
student is exempt from the administration of an end-of-course 
assessment instrument otherwise required under Subsection (c) or 
Section 39.025 if the student receives college credit through a 
program implemented under Section 28.009 for a course in the 
subject area of the course for which the end-of-course assessment 
instrument was adopted.  This subsection does not prohibit a 
student entitled to an exemption from electing to participate in 
the administration of an assessment instrument, provided that the 
student's performance on the assessment instrument in that 
circumstance is considered in the same manner as performance is 
considered for other students.  The State Board of Education may 
adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection.
	(3)  On page 135, between lines 10 and 11, insert the 
following:             
	(c)  Section 39.023(o), Education Code, as added by this Act, 
applies beginning with a student who earns college credit during 
the 2010-2011 school year.
	(4)  On page 135, line 11, strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)".                  
	(5)  On page 135, line 14, strike "(d)" and substitute "(e)" 
and strike "Subsection (e)" and substitute "Subsection (f)".
	(6)  On page 135, line 19, strike "(e)" and substitute "(f)".