Amend CSSB 9 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 16 of the bill (page 8, lines 36 and 37) strike "Sections 37.002(b), (c), and (d), Education Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d), and adding Subsection (e)".
(2) In SECTION 16 of the bill, in amended Section 37.002, Education Code (page 9, between lines 8 and 9), insert the following:
(e) A student may appeal the student's removal from class under this section to:
(1) the school's placement review committee established under Section 37.003; or
(2) the safe and supportive school team established under Section 37.115, in accordance with a district policy providing for such an appeal to be made to the team.