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Amend CSSB 215 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  On page 37, line 3, strike "and 57.50" and substitute "57.50, 58.001, 58.003, 58.004, and 58.005".
(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered subdivisions to SECTION 41 of the bill and renumber the other subdivisions of that SECTION accordingly:
(____)  Subchapter T, Chapter 61;
(____)  Section 29.185(b);
(____)  Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), Section 58.002;
(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Section 28.009(d)(2), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2)  "Sequence of courses" means career and technical education courses approved by the State Board of Education or [,] innovative courses approved by the State Board of Education that are provided for local credit[, or a tech-prep program of study under Section 61.852].
SECTION ____.  Section 39.301(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c)  Indicators for reporting purposes must include:
(1)  the percentage of graduating students who meet the course requirements established by State Board of Education rule for the minimum high school program, the recommended high school program, and the advanced high school program;
(2)  the results of the SAT, ACT, [articulated postsecondary degree programs described by Section 61.852,] and certified workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
(3)  for students who have failed to perform satisfactorily, under each performance standard under Section 39.0241, on an assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a) or (c), the performance of those students on subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections, aggregated by grade level and subject area;
(4)  for each campus, the number of students, disaggregated by major student subpopulations, that agree under Section 28.025(b) to take courses under the minimum high school program;
(5)  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), the results of assessment instruments administered under that section, the percentage of students promoted through the grade placement committee process under Section 28.0211, the subject of the assessment instrument on which each student failed to perform satisfactorily under each performance standard under Section 39.0241, and the performance of those students in the school year following that promotion on the assessment instruments required under Section 39.023;
(6)  the percentage of students of limited English proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(1) and (2);
(7)  the percentage of students in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b);
(8)  the percentage of students who satisfy the college readiness measure;
(9)  the measure of progress toward dual language proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(10)  the percentage of students who are not educationally disadvantaged;
(11)  the percentage of students who enroll and begin instruction at an institution of higher education in the school year following high school graduation; and
(12)  the percentage of students who successfully complete the first year of instruction at an institution of higher education without needing a developmental education course.
SECTION ____.  Section 42.154(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a)  For each full-time equivalent student in average daily attendance in an approved career and technology education program in grades nine through 12 or in career and technology education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven through 12, a district is entitled to:
(1)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and
(2)  $50, if the student is enrolled in[:
[(A)]  two or more advanced career and technology education classes for a total of three or more credits[; or
[(B)     an advanced course as part of a tech-prep program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61].
SECTION ____.  Section 58.002(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a)  In this chapter:
(1)  "Resident physician" means a person who is appointed a resident physician by a school of medicine in The University of Texas System, the Texas Tech University System, The Texas A&M University System, or the University of North Texas System [one of the schools of medicine listed in Section 58.001 of this code] and who:
(A)  has received a Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Baylor College of Medicine or from a school of medicine in a university system listed in Subdivision (1) [one of the schools listed in Section 58.001 of this code]; or
(B)  is a citizen of Texas and has received a Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from some other school of medicine that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or by the Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association.
(2)  ["Primary teaching hospital" means a hospital at which one of the schools listed in Section 58.001 of this code educates and trains both resident physicians and undergraduate medical students.
[(3)]  "Compensation" includes:
(A)  stipends;
(B)  payments, if any, for services rendered; and
(C)  fringe benefits when applied to payments to or for the benefit of resident physicians.