Amend CSHB 5 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 15, line 12, strike "Section 28.027(b), Education Code, is", and substitute "Sections 28.027(a) and (b), Education Code, are".

(2)  On page 15, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

(a)  In this section, "applied STEM course" means an applied science, technology, engineering, or mathematics course offered as part of a school district's career and technology education or technology applications curriculum.

(3)  On page 60, line 10, strike "career and technology education", and substitute "career and technology education or technology applications".