Amend HB 20 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 29.914(d), Education Code (page 2, line 19), strike "commissioner" and substitute "Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board".
(2) Strike added Section 29.914(d)(2)(A)(ii), Education Code (page 2, lines 20 and 21), and substitute the following:
(ii) a credential recognized as a credential of value by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rule and approved by the commissioner for purposes of the program; and
(3) In added Section 29.914(d)(4), Education Code (page 2, line 28), strike "articulation" and substitute "institutional".
(4) In added Section 29.914(d)(4), Education Code (page 2, line 30), between "education" and the underlined semicolon, insert "that meets the requirements for a dual credit partnership adopted by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rule".
(5) In added Section 29.914(e), Education Code (page 2, line 33), strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), the".
(6) Immediately following added Section 29.914(e), Education Code (page 2, between lines 40 and 41), insert the following:
(e-1) Before a student may earn substituted credit under Subsection (e) for a secondary-level course in a subject described by Section 28.025(b-1)(1), (2), (3), or (4), the student must perform satisfactorily on each end-of-course assessment instrument required for courses in the corresponding subject that precede the course for which the student seeks substituted credit in the district's prescribed course sequence.
(7) Immediately following added Section 29.914(i), Education Code (page 2, between lines 60 and 61), insert the following:
(j) This section expires September 1, 2031.