Amend CSHB 5 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 33, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 39.027, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United States for a period of at least 60 consecutive days during a year, the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school in the United States for that year for the purpose of determining a number of years under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3).
(b) This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.
(2) On page 69, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. Section 39.027(a-2), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies to a student regardless of the date on which the student initially enrolled in a school in the United States.
(3) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.