Amend CSHB 3 (house committee report) as follows:                            
	On page ____, between lines ____ and ____, add new SECTION 
____ of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), to accommodate state 
and national assessment calendars and federal reporting 
requirements for assessment data, a school district that is subject 
to assessment and accountability standards under Chapter 39 may 
begin instruction, including instruction to prepare for college 
readiness standards, for students for a school year not before the 
third Monday in August, provided that the district ends instruction 
for students for a school year by June 1, unless the district 
operates a year-round system under Section 25.084.