Amend HB 3700 as follows: (1) On page 1, line 18, following the period insert the following: A state employee may be granted leave by their immediate supervisor if the employee demonstrates to the supervisor that the employee: (1) has knowledge and experience in a subject matter directly beneficial to the students; (2) has earned a performance rating of satisfactory or better in their most recent performance evaluation; (3) is volunteering at a school with an academic rating of academically acceptable or academically unacceptable; and (4) has not been granted a leave of absence to perform volunteer work under another provision of law. (2) On page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following: (c) This section does not apply to an employee of the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.