Amend CSHB 3270 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumber subsection SECTIONS of the ARTICLE appropriately:

SECTION 2.____. Subchapter A, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.005 to read as follows:

Sec. 39.005.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. Notwithstanding any other law, this subchapter applies to a charter school operating under Chapter 12.

(2)  Strike SECTION 2.16(a) of the bill (page 16, lines 6-9) and substitute the following:

(a)  Sections 39.003 and 39.004, Education Code, as redesignated and amended by this Act, apply only to a special investigation authorized or initiated on or after the effective date of this Act. A special accreditation investigation authorized or initiated before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the special investigation was authorized or initiated, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.