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	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.