Amend CSSB 1849 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill as follows:

(1)  In added Section 810.004(b)(4), Health and Safety Code (page 3, line 6), strike "private schools,".

(2)  In added Section 810.004(b)(4), Health and Safety Code (page 3, line 8), immediately following the underlined semicolon, strike "and".

(3)  Immediately following added Section 810.004(b)(4), Health and Safety Code (page 3, between lines 8 and 9), insert the following subdivision and renumber the subsequent subdivisions accordingly:

  (5)  private schools that:

  (A)  offer a course of instruction for students in this state in one or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and

  (B)  are:

  (i)  accredited by an organization recognized by the Texas Education Agency or the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission;

  (ii)  listed in the database of the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States Department of Education; or

  (iii)  otherwise authorized by Texas Education Agency rule to access the search engine; and

(4)  In added Section 810.007(a), Health and Safety Code (page 4, lines 31 and 32), strike "employ, place in a volunteer position, enter into a contract with," and substitute "enter into a contract with".

(5)  Strike added Section 810.007(c), Health and Safety Code (page 4, lines 41-46), and substitute the following: