Amend CSHB 3 by inserting the following new SECTION, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 1.005, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l)  The commissioner of education shall contract with a 
center to conduct a study of the changes made by HB 3, Acts of the 
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, to the public school 
accountability system under Chapter 39, curriculum under Section 
28.002, and high school graduation requirements under Section 
28.025. The study must include an analysis of the effect of those 
changes on student academic performance, dropout rates, and high 
school graduation rates and must disaggregate student data by sex, 
socioeconomic status, ethnicity and race. Not later than December 
1, 2012, the center shall report the results of the study to the 
commissioner of education, the governor, the lieutenant governor, 
the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the 
standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with 
primary jurisdiction over the public education system. This 
subsection expires January 15, 2013.