Amend CSSB 2565 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill, amending Section 21.044(a-1), Education Code (page 2, lines 4 and 5), and substitute the following:
SECTION 2. Section 21.044, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 21.044(a-1), Education Code (page 2, between lines 48 and 49), insert the following subsection:
(h) An educator preparation program may not include instruction on the use of instructional materials that incorporates the method of three-cueing, as defined by Section 28.0062(a-1), into foundational skills reading instruction.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 28.0062, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In this subsection, "three-cueing" means a method of reading instruction for identification of words by which a student is encouraged to draw on context and sentence structure to read words without sounding the words out or using a phonics-based approach. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not include any instruction that incorporates three-cueing in the phonics curriculum required under Subsection (a)(1).
(4) In SECTION 21 of the bill, in amended Section 31.022(a), Education Code (page 9, line 13), between "designed" and the underlined period, insert ", and, if the material is intended to cover the foundational skills reading curriculum in kindergarten through third grade, does not include three-cueing, as defined by Section 28.0062(a-1)".