Amend CSHB 1926 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital of SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 26), strike "Subsection (c-1)" and substitute "Subsections (c-1) and (f)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 26.0031(c)(1), Education Code (page 1, line 50), strike "39.023;] or" and substitute "39.023; or]".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 26.0031(c)(2), Education Code (page 1, line 54), strike the period and substitute the following:
; or
(3) the district or school offers a substantially similar course.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, after amended Section 26.0031(d), Education Code (page 2, between lines 7 and 8), insert the following:
(f) A school district or open-enrollment charter school from which a parent of a student requests permission to enroll the student in an electronic course offered through the state virtual school network under Chapter 30A has discretion to select a course provider approved by the network's administering authority for the course in which the student will enroll based on factors including the informed choice report in section 30.108(b).
(5) Strike the recital of SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, lines 25 and 26) and substitute the following:
SECTION 3. Sections 30A.001(7) and (8), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(6) In SECTION 3 of the bill, after amended Section 30A.001(7), Education Code (page 2, between lines 41 and 42), insert the following:
(8) "Public or private institution of higher education" means[:
[(A)] an institution of higher education, as defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1001 [Section 61.003; or
[(B)
a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003].
(7) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Section 30A.007(a), Education Code (page 2, line 60), strike "part-time or full-time".
(8) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 30A.007(a-1), Education Code (page 2), strike lines 65 through 67 and substitute the following:
shall, at least once per school year, send to a parent of each district or school student enrolled at the middle or high school level a copy of the policy adopted under Subsection (a). A district or school may send the policy with any other information that the district or school sends to a parent.
(9) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in added Section 30A.101(c)(3), Education Code, strike "elementary, middle, or high school students" (page 3, lines 38 and 39), and substitute "middle or high school students, with demonstrated student success in course completion and performance,".
(10) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in amended Section 30A.153(a), Education Code (page 6, lines 43 and 44), strike "and without respect to the setting in which the student participates in the course".