Amend SB 43 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                           

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 	bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 54.211, Education 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.211.  EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENTS UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP 
OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES [IN FOSTER OR OTHER 
RESIDENTIAL CARE].
	(2)  In amended Section 54.211(a)(1), Education Code (page 
1, line 13), strike "in foster care or other residential care" and 
substitute "[in foster care or other residential care]".
	(3)  Immediately following the semicolon at the end of 
amended Section 54.211(a)(1)(B) (page 1, line 20), strike "or" and 
substitute "[or]".
	(4)  At the end of amended Section 54.211(a)(1)(C), between 
the semicolon and "and" (page 1, line 22), insert the following:

or                                                                     
			(D)  during an academic term in which the student 
was enrolled in a dual credit course or other course for which a 
high school student may earn joint high school and college credit;