Amend CSHB 515 (senate committee report), by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 39.02301, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:

(j)  Not later than September 1, 2021, the agency, with input from school districts participating in the pilot program, shall modify the method for assessing students in writing in grades four and seven and in English I and English II secondary-level courses, based on the writing assessment method developed under this section.

(k)  This section expires September 1, 2021 [2019].