Amend CSHB 3646 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (d), Section 11.1513, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The employment policy must provide that not later than 
the 10th school day before the date on which a district fills a 
vacant position for which a certificate or license is required as 
provided by Section 21.003, other than a position that affects the 
safety and security of students as determined by the board of 
trustees, the district must provide to each current district 
employee:
		(1)  notice of the position by posting the position on:                       
			(A)  a bulletin board at:                                                    
				(i)  a place convenient to the public in the 
district's central administrative office; and
				(ii)  the central administrative office of 
each campus in the district during any time the office is open; or
[and]
				(iii) [(B)]  the district's Internet 
website, if the district has a website; and
		(2)  a reasonable opportunity to apply for the 
position.                    
	SECTION ____.  Section 25.112, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to 
read as follows:
	(d)  On application of a school district, the commissioner 
may except the district from the limit in Subsection (a) if the 
commissioner finds the limit works an undue hardship on the 
district.  An exception expires at the end of the school year
[semester] for which it is granted[, and the commissioner may not 
grant an exception for:
		[(1)  more than one semester at a time].                     
	(e)  A school district seeking an exception under Subsection 
(d) shall notify the commissioner and apply for the exception not 
later than the later of:
		(1)  October 1; or                                                     
		(2)  the 30th day after the first school day the 
district exceeds the limit in Subsection (a).
	(f)  If a school district repeatedly fails to comply with 
this section, the commissioner may take any appropriate action 
authorized to be taken by the commissioner under Section 39.131.
	(g)  Not later than January 1, 2011, the agency shall report 
to the legislature the number of applications for exceptions under 
Subsection (d) submitted by each school district and for each 
application indicate whether the application was granted or denied.  
This subsection expires February 1, 2011.
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 34.0021, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A school district shall conduct the school bus emergency 
evacuation training at least once [twice] each school year.  The 
training may be conducted by video.  A video used for training under 
this subsection may be produced by students[, with one training 
session occurring in the fall and one training session occurring in 
the spring.  A portion of the training session must occur on a 
school bus and the training session must last for at least one 
hour].
	SECTION ____.  Section 44.902, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 44.902.  LONG-RANGE ENERGY PLAN [GOAL]  TO REDUCE 
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY.  (a)  The board of trustees of a 
school district shall establish a long-range energy plan [goal] to 
reduce the [school] district's annual electric consumption by five 
percent beginning with the 2008 [each] state fiscal year and 
consume electricity in subsequent fiscal years in accordance with 
the district's energy plan [for six years beginning September 1, 
2007].
	(b)  The plan required under Subsection (a) must include:               
		(1)  strategies for achieving energy efficiency that:                  
			(A)  result in net savings for the district; or                       
			(B)  can be achieved without financial cost to the 
district; and    
		(2)  for each strategy identified under Subdivision 
(1), the initial, short-term capital costs and lifetime costs and 
savings that may result from implementation of the strategy.
	(c)  In determining under Subsection (b) whether a strategy 
may result in financial cost to the district, the board of trustees 
shall consider the total net costs and savings that may occur over 
the seven-year period following implementation of the strategy.
	(d)  The board of trustees may submit the plan required under 
Subsection (a) to the State Energy Conservation Office for the 
purposes of determining whether funds available through loan 
programs administered by the office are available to the district.
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 44.903, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A school district is encouraged to [shall] purchase for 
use in each type of light fixture in an instructional facility the 
commercially available model of light bulb that:
		(1)  uses the fewest watts for the necessary luminous 
flux or light output; 
		(2)  is compatible with the light fixture; and                                
		(3)  is the most cost-effective, considering the 
factors described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 44.901, Education 
Code, is repealed.  
	SECTION ____.  This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 
school year.    
	SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.