Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) by adding to the bill the following appropriately numbered new SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 29.0822(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school district may apply to the commissioner to provide a flexible school day program for [students who]:

(1)  students who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081;

(2)  students who attend a campus that is implementing an innovative redesign of the campus or an early college high school under a plan approved by the commissioner; [or]

(3)  students who, as a result of attendance requirements under Section 25.092, will be denied credit for one or more classes in which the students have been enrolled; or

(4)  a campus or campuses that would benefit from the program.