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Amend CSHB 547 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 8, strike "HOME-SCHOOLED" and substitute "CERTAIN".
(2) Strike page 1, lines 10 and 11, and substitute the following:
(a) In this section, "non-enrolled student" means a student who receives instruction as described by Section 29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school.
(3) On page 1, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
(____) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the holding in Texas Educ. Agency v. Leeper, 893 S.W.2d 432 (Tex. 1994), classifying home schools as private schools. The legislature finds that a home school is a private school for purposes of this section.
(3) Strike "home-schooled student" in each instance in which it appears in the bill and substitute "non-enrolled student".
(4) On page 2, line 19, strike "home schooled student's" and substitute "non-enrolled student's".