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Amend CSSB 313 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, after added Section 28.0025(d), Education Code (page 2, between lines 12 and 13), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections of Section 28.0025, Education Code, and cross-references to those subsections, accordingly:
( ) The State Board of Education may not modify the essential knowledge and skills of the foundation curriculum subjects in a manner that requires:
(1) the revision of professional development training for teachers on essential knowledge and skills;
(2) the purchase of additional instructional materials; or
(3) the revision of assessment instruments adopted or developed under Section 39.023.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 28.0081(a), Education Code (page 2, line 29), between "district" and "shall", insert ", using funds appropriated to the agency and distributed by the commissioner to the district for that purpose,".
(3) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 39.0239(d), Education Code (page 2, lines 64 and 65), strike the text and substitute the following:
(d) If the commissioner contracts with a third party for the development or adoption of an assessment instrument under Section 39.023(a), the contract must require the third party to fulfill the requirements of this section.
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The change in law made by Section 39.0239(d), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into, amended, or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.