Amend CSHB 515 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 14, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

(1)  Section 7.102(c)(5);

(2)  On page 14, line 3, strike "(1)" and substitute "(2)".

(3)  On page 14, line 5, strike "(2)" and substitute "(3)".

(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 39.023(e), Education Code, as effective September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:

(e)  At least [Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,] every third year, the agency shall release the questions and answer keys to each assessment instrument administered under Subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (l), excluding any assessment instrument administered to a student for the purpose of retaking the assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is administered for that school year. To ensure a valid bank of questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the student's score on the instrument. The agency shall also release[, under board rule,] each question that is no longer being field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score. [During the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years, the agency shall release the questions and answer keys to assessment instruments as described by this subsection each year.]