Amend HB 635 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 21.461 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.461.  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS REGARDING 
EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.  (a) From funds 
appropriated for the purpose, as well as other available sources, 
the commissioner shall award a grant to each teacher or 
paraprofessional who completes a professional development 
institute developed under Subsection (c).  The commissioner shall 
determine the amount of the grant awarded under this subsection.
	(b)  The commissioner shall, for each teacher or 
paraprofessional who completes training in an applied behavior 
analysis training program developed under Subsection (e), pay to 
the provider the cost of providing the program to the teacher or 
paraprofessional. The commissioner may determine a maximum amount 
that may be paid to provide the program under this subsection.
	(c)  The commissioner shall develop and make available 
professional development institutes for teachers and 
paraprofessionals relating to research-based instructional 
services for students with disabilities, including autism spectrum 
disorders.
	(d)  A professional development institute developed under 
this section must address:
		(1)  disability-specific information necessary to 
enable a teacher or paraprofessional to work effectively in the 
classroom with students with disabilities;
		(2)  instructional techniques proven by scientifically 
based research, as defined by Section 9101, No Child Left Behind Act 
of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), to be effective in teaching the 
curriculum required under Section 28.002 to students with 
disabilities; and
		(3)  appropriate management of behaviors related to a 
student's disability that may affect the student's performance.
	(e)  The commissioner shall develop one or more professional 
development institutes that offer applied behavior analysis 
training programs provided by or supervised by a person certified 
as a behavior analyst by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. 
A training program under this subsection must provide:
		(1)  public access to lectures and training on the 
agency's Internet website and the appropriate regional education 
service center's Internet website;
		(2)  individual consultation in the classroom with 
students for at least six one-hour sessions;
		(3)  telephone or in-person video review for at least 
three one-hour sessions; and
		(4)  access to the teacher's mentor through telephone 
or videoconference consultation during the program.
	(f)  The commissioner shall develop a list of providers 
approved to conduct an applied behavior analysis training program 
under Subsection (e). A training program may be provided by a 
regional education service center, district specialist, 
university, private entity, private consultant, or other entity 
that provides training.
	(g)  The commissioner shall adopt criteria for selection of 
teachers and paraprofessionals authorized to attend a professional 
development institute, including an applied behavior analysis 
training program, developed under this section.  The commissioner 
must give priority to teachers and paraprofessionals who have a 
significant level of professional contact with students with autism 
spectrum disorders.
	(h)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the 
commissioner shall submit a report regarding the success of the 
institutes developed under this section, including recommendations 
for changes, to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the 
house of representatives, and presiding officer of each legislative 
committee with primary jurisdiction over public education.
	SECTION ____.  Section 21.461, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, does not make an appropriation.  Section 21.461, 
Education Code, as added by this Act, takes effect only if a 
specific appropriation for the implementation of the section is 
provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature.