Amend CSSB 3 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 28.0022(d), Education Code (page 4, line 27), strike "A school district" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (e), a school district".

(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, immediately following added Section 28.0022(d), Education Code (page 4, between lines 32 and 33), insert the following:

(e)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may implement, interpret, or enforce a rule, including a standard provided by a student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001, in a manner that results in the punishment of a student for discussing the concepts described by Subsection (a)(4) if, in discussing those concepts, the student directs at another student language that a reasonable person would interpret as hate speech or as language that implies that one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex with the intention of causing emotional distress to the other student.