Amend HB 500 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 39.034, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) The agency may use a projection measure only in determining, for purposes of this section, an expected level of annual improvement in student achievement. The agency may not use a projection measure as a representation, for purposes of this section, of an actual level of annual improvement in student achievement.