Amend CSHB 3646 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: (a-2) A school district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this section. SECTION ____. Section 42.005(g), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (g) If a student may receive course credit toward the student's high school academic requirements and toward the student's higher education academic requirements for a single course, including a course provided under Section 28.009 by a public institution of higher education, the time during which the student attends the course shall be counted as part of the minimum number of instructional hours required for a student to be considered a full-time or part-time student in average daily attendance for purposes of this section, regardless of whether the district or the student pays the tuition or other associated costs for the course.