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Amend CSHB 1891 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 2, line 4, between "services" and "for", insert ", including services provided by an individual licensed as a social worker under Chapter 505, Occupations Code,".
(2) On page 2, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) A Texas community school may not provide abortion-related services or referrals to an abortion provider or an affiliate of an abortion provider.
(3) On page 2, lines 18 and 19, strike ", a social service provider,".
(4) On page 4, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
(____) A school may not partner with an abortion provider or an affiliate of an abortion provider in transitioning to a Texas community school under Subsection (a) and may not hire an employee of an abortion provider or an affiliate of an abortion provider as the community school coordinator for the school under Subsection (b).
(5) On page 7, strike lines 10 through 24 and substitute the following:
(a-2) A campus may elect to transition to a Texas community school under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, instead of reconstitution under this section if:
(1) the campus proposes the transition to the commissioner not later than two weeks after the date on which the commissioner orders reconstitution under Subsection (a);
(2) the commissioner determines that adoption of the Texas community school model will implement meaningful reform at the campus and is an appropriate alternative to reconstitution or any other measure available to the commissioner under this subchapter; and
(3) the campus satisfies the requirements of transitioning to a Texas community school under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, not later than six months after the date on which the commissioner makes the determination described by Subdivision (2).
(s) The commissioner may not order the closure of a campus under this section without giving the campus the opportunity to transition to a Texas community school under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, and at least two years to implement the campus's community school plan unless the commissioner determines that adoption of the Texas community school model will not implement meaningful reform at the campus and is not an appropriate alternative to the closure of the campus.