Amend CSSB 1403 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 21.0441(a)(2), Education Code (page 2, lines 35-49) and substitute the following:
(2) if the person is seeking initial certification:
(A) has successfully completed at least:
(i) 15 semester credit hours in the subject-specific content area in which the person is seeking certification, if the person is seeking certification to teach mathematics or science at or above grade level seven; or
(ii) 12 semester credit hours in the subject-specific content area in which the person is seeking certification, if the person is not seeking certification to teach mathematics or science at or above grade level seven; or
(B) has achieved a satisfactory level of performance on a content certification examination, which may be a content certification examination administered by a vendor approved by the commissioner for purposes of administering such an examination for the year for which the person is applying for admission to the program.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 21.0441(c), Education Code (page 2, line 63, through page 3, line 2).