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Amend Floor Amendment No. 15 (page 35 of the pre-filed amendments packet) by adding the following appropriately numbered item to the bill and renumbering subsequent items accordingly:
( ) Amend CSHB 5 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.0243 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0243. COLLEGE READINESS ASSESSMENT STUDY. (a) The agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board jointly shall conduct a study of the feasibility and costs of:
(1) assessing college readiness of public high school students by substituting the instruments designated for use by institutions of higher education in assessing students readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic coursework under Section 51.3062 for the Algebra II and English III end-of-course assessments used to measure college readiness under Section 39.024(b); and
(2) providing for a school district or open-enrollment charter school, in cooperation with an institution of higher education, to develop a college readiness preparation plan for students who do not demonstrate readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic course work.