Amend CSHB 3 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 34, line 27, strike "[or]" and substitute "or".  
	(2)  On page 35, line 5, strike "or" and substitute "[or]".   
	(3)  On page 35, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:                  
			(C)  as a result of significant gaps in formal 
schooling, lacks the necessary foundation in the essential 
knowledge and skills of the curriculum prescribed under Section 
28.002, as determined by the language proficiency assessment 
committee established under Section 29.063.
	(4)  On page 35, strike lines 8-11.                                            
	(5)  On page 46, between lines 24 and 25, insert the 
following new subsection, reletter the subsequent subsections of 
Section 39.053, Education Code, accordingly, and correct any 
cross-references to the relettered subsections:
	(h)  In calculating the academic performance of a campus or 
school district, the commissioner may exclude assessment 
instruments results for a student eligible under Section 
39.027(a)(4)(C) for exemption from the administration of an 
assessment instrument regardless of whether the student was tested.