Amend HB 1891 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 51.338, Education Code (page 1, line 24), strike "Subsection (h)" and substitute "Subsections (h) and (i)".
(2) On page 1, between lines 29 and 30, insert the following:
(i) The board shall:
(1) collect and analyze data regarding the effectiveness of high school equivalency examinations administered under Section 7.111 in assisting students to become ready to perform freshman-level academic coursework, as measured by the performance on freshman-level academic coursework of students receiving an exemption under Subsection (h); and
(2) include the analysis under Subdivision (1) in the board's evaluation of the effectiveness of the success initiative under Section 51.343.