Amend HB 4402 on third reading as follows:

(1)  In the SECTION of the bill amending Section 39.0236(a), Education Code, in the second sentence of that subsection, strike "not fewer than" and substitute "not more than".

(2)  Strike the SECTION of the bill providing that the bill applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 39.0263, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e)  This section expires September 1, 2027.

SECTION ____.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.

(b)  The expiration of Section 39.0263, Education Code, applies with respect to the statewide assessment program under Chapter 39 of that code, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.