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	Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 (floor substitute) by 
Representative Branch to CSSB 175, as follows:
	(1)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill, amending Section 28.026, 
Education Code (page 4, line 19, through page 5, line 25), and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 2.  Section 28.026, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	Sec. 28.026.  NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC COLLEGE ADMISSION.  (a)
The board of trustees of a school district shall require each high 
school in the district to post appropriate signs in each 
counselor's office, in each principal's office, and in each 
administrative building indicating the substance of Section 51.803 
regarding automatic college admission.  To assist in the 
dissemination of this information, the school district shall:
		(1)  require that each high school counselor and class 
advisor be provided a detailed explanation of the substance of 
Section 51.803;
		(2)  provide each district student, at the time the 
student first registers for one or more classes required for high 
school graduation, with a written notification of the substance of 
Section 51.803;
		(3)  require that each high school counselor and senior 
class advisor explain to eligible students the substance of Section 
51.803; and
		(4)  not later than the 14th day after the last day of 
classes for the fall semester or an equivalent date in the case of a 
school operated on a year-round system under Section 
25.084, [(3)] provide each eligible senior student under Section 
51.803, and the student's parent or guardian [at the commencement 
of a class's senior year,] with a written notification of the 
student's eligibility with a detailed explanation in plain language
of the substance of Section 51.803.
	(b)  The commissioner shall adopt forms to use in providing 
notice under Subsections (a)(2) and (4).  In providing notice under 
Subsection (a)(2) or (4), a school district shall use the 
appropriate form adopted by the commissioner.  The notice to a 
student and the student's parent or guardian under Subsection 
(a)(4) must be on a single form that may contain one or more 
signature lines to indicate receipt of notice by the student or the 
student's parent or guardian.
	(c)  The commissioner shall adopt procedures to ensure that, 
as soon as practicable after this subsection becomes law, each 
school district provides written notification of the substance of 
Section 51.803, as amended by the 81st Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2009, to each district student who, for the 2009-2010 
school year, registers for one or more courses required for high 
school graduation.  The commissioner may adopt rules under this 
subsection in the manner provided by law for emergency rules.  Each 
district shall comply with the procedures adopted by the 
commissioner under this subsection.  This subsection expires 
September 1, 2010.
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill:           
	SECTION ____.  The commissioner of education shall adopt a 
form for notifying eligible high school seniors and their parents 
or guardians of automatic college admission as required by Section 
28.026, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as 
practicable after the effective date of this Act.
	(3)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.