Amend CSHB 6, on third reading, in SECTION 30 of the bill, by striking amended Section 31.0241(b), Education Code (page 10, line 49, through page 11, line 9), and substituting the following:

(b)  The State Board of Education shall place [an] open-source instructional material [textbook] for a secondary-level course submitted for adoption by an eligible institution on a conforming or nonconforming list if:

(1)  the instructional material [textbook] is written, compiled, or edited primarily by faculty of the eligible institution who specialize in the subject area of the instructional material [textbook];

(2)  the eligible institution identifies each contributing author;

(3)  the appropriate department of the eligible institution certifies the instructional material [textbook] for accuracy; [and]

(4)  the eligible institution determines that the instructional material [textbook] qualifies for placement on the conforming or nonconforming list based on the extent to which the instructional material [textbook] covers the essential knowledge and skills identified under Section 28.002 for the subject for which the instructional material [textbook] is written and certifies that:

(A)  for instructional material [a textbook] for a senior-level course, a student who successfully completes a course based on the instructional material [textbook] will be prepared, without remediation, for entry into the eligible institution's freshman-level course in that subject; or

(B)  for instructional material [a textbook] for a junior-level and senior-level course, a student who successfully completes the junior-level course based on the instructional material [textbook] will be prepared for entry into the senior-level course; and

(5)  by not later than the 90th day after the date the instructional material is submitted and before placement of the instructional material on the list, the board reviews and comments on the instructional material.