Amend CSHB 5 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  (a) The Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission, shall review implementation of the changes made by this Act to the curriculum requirements for high school graduation. The review must include an evaluation of the effect of the changes on high school graduation rates, college readiness, college admissions, college completion, obtainment of workforce certificates, employment rates, and earnings.
(b)  The commissioner of education shall submit an initial report regarding the review to the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the legislature not later than December 1, 2015. The commissioner of education shall submit a final report regarding the review to the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the legislature not later than December 1, 2017.