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Amend CSHB 2804 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 9, line 20, strike "(a-1) and (a-2)" and substitute "(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4)".
(2) On page 9, line 21, between "shall" and "adopt", insert ", after consulting with the performance rating work group described by Subsection (a-3),".
(3) On page 11, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
(a-3) For the purpose of adopting rules under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall convene a performance rating work group comprised of individuals designated as follows:
(1) two members of a school district board of trustees, each of whom:
(A) is nominated by a statewide association that serves school district board members; and
(B) serves on a separate school district board of trustees;
(2) two superintendents, each of whom is nominated by a statewide association that serves school superintendents;
(3) one elementary school principal who is nominated by a statewide association that serves elementary school principals;
(4) one secondary school principal who is nominated by a statewide association that serves secondary school principals;
(5) four classroom educators, with one each nominated by each of the four largest associations that serve educators in at least 20 counties in this state; and
(6) three parents designated by the commissioner, at least one of whom must be the parent of a student who was enrolled at a campus that has received the lowest performance rating in one or more of the three years preceding the designation of that parent by the commissioner.
(a-4) If an association described by Subsection (a-3) fails to nominate one or more individuals for a position on the performance rating work group, the commissioner may designate an individual who meets the appropriate qualifications to fill that position.