Amend SB 2 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill as follows:
(1) Strike added Section 29.358(b)(1), Education Code (page 4, lines 42 through 45), and substitute the following:
(1) for a private school, demonstrates:
(A) annual administration of a nationally norm-referenced assessment instrument or the appropriate assessment instrument required under Subchapter B, Chapter 39;
(B) the adoption and implementation of curriculum or materials that provide instruction described by Section 29.9072 in the same manner as a public school;
(C) compliance with all educator certification and training requirements under this title; and
(D) compliance with state law applicable to public schools relating to bullying, including:
(i) the adoption of policies and procedures under Section 37.0832;
(ii) the placement or expulsion of students who have engaged in certain bullying behavior under Section 37.0052;
(iii) reporting to local law enforcement regarding certain conduct constituting assault or harassment under Section 37.0151;
(iv) the provision of programs, information, training, practices, or procedures under Sections 37.218(c) and 38.351; and
(v) that school counselors employed by the school serve as impartial, nonreporting resources for resolving accusations of bullying under Section 33.006(b);
(2) Immediately following added Section 29.358, Education Code (page 5, between lines 56 and 57), insert the following appropriately numbered sections and renumber subsequent sections and cross-references to those sections accordingly:
Sec. 29.____. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. A private school or a private tutor, therapist, or teaching service receiving money under the program must comply with:
(1) the training or certification requirements provided by the following provisions and the rules adopted under the following provisions as if the private school, tutor, therapist, or teaching service were a school district or public school educator, as applicable:
(A) Section 11.159(b-1) (board of trustees member training and orientation);
(B) Section 22.902 (instruction related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of automated external defibrillator);
(C) Section 33.086 (certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid);
(D) Sections 33.091(c) and (c-1) (prevention of illegal steroid use; random testing);
(E) Sections 38.033(a) and (b) (seizure recognition and related first aid training);
(F) Section 38.158 (training courses on the prevention, treatment, and oversight of concussions affecting student athletes);
(G) Section 418.005, Government Code (emergency management training);
(H) Subchapter H, Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code (bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan); and
(I) Section 168.005, Health and Safety Code (training for unlicensed diabetes care assistant); and
(2) the requirements of the following provisions and the rules adopted under the following provisions as if the private school, tutor, therapist, or teaching service were a school district or public school educator, as applicable:
(A) Section 37.108(a) (multihazard emergency operations plan; safety and security audit);
(B) Section 37.115 (threat assessment and safe and supportive school program and team);
(C) Section 38.013 (coordinated health program for elementary, middle, and junior high school students);
(D) Section 38.014 (implementation of coordinated health program for elementary, middle, and junior high school students);
(E) Section 38.0141 (reporting of certain health and safety information required);
(F) Section 38.0151 (policies for care of certain students at risk for anaphylaxis);
(G) Section 38.019 (immunization awareness program);
(H) Section 38.030 (traumatic injury response protocol);
(I) Section 38.153 (oversight of concussions by school districts and charter schools; return-to-play protocol development by concussion oversight team); and
(J) Section 38.154 (concussion oversight team: membership).
Sec. 29.____. POSTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY PRIVATE SCHOOLS. Each private school receiving money distributed under the program shall maintain an Internet website that includes a list of the curriculum and any supplemental materials used by the school, including textbook titles and publishers.
(3) In added Section 29.371(a)(1), Education Code (page 10, line 69), strike "disaggregated by age;" and substitute the following:
disaggregated by:
(A) age;
(B) the school district and campus the student would otherwise attend; and
(C) whether the child seeking to participate in the program received a full individual and initial evaluation for the purposes of special education services from a school district under Section 29.004;
(4) Strike added Section 29.371(a)(5), Education Code (page 11, lines 6 and 7), and substitute the following:
(5) the economic impact to the state as a result of the program, including:
(A) the costs incurred by the state;
(B) the cost savings accruing to the state; and
(C) the impact on school districts, including the number of campuses closed and employee positions reduced;
(5) In added Section 29.371(a), Education Code (page 11, line 12), strike "and".
(6) In added Section 29.371(a), Education Code (page 11, line 30), strike "Guard." and substitute the following:
Guard; and
(9) the number of former program participants who left the program and enrolled in a public school.