Amend CSHB 2365 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 6, strike "Subsections (e) and (k)" and substitute "Subsections (e), (g), and (k)".

(2)  On page 1, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

(g)  In conducting research under this section, a center:

(1)  may use data on student performance, including data that is confidential under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), the center has collected from the Texas Education Agency, the coordinating board, any public or private institution of higher education, and any school district; and

(2)  shall comply with rules adopted by the commissioner of education and the coordinating board to protect the confidentiality of [student] information used or stored at the center, including rules establishing procedures to ensure that confidential [student] information is not duplicated or removed from a center in an unauthorized manner.