Amend CSSB 149 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add an appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill to read as follows:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 28.0259 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0259. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION COMMITTEE REVIEW PROCESS. (a) Each school district shall report through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) the number of district students each school year who are awarded a diploma based on the decision of an individual graduation committee as provided by Section 28.0258.
(b) A school district shall report the information required by Subsection (a) not later than December 1 of the school year following the school year the student is awarded a diploma.
(c) The agency shall make the information reported under this section available on the agency's Internet website.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section not later than the 2015-2016 school year.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2018.
(2) Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.