Amend CSSB 27 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, line 36), strike "Section 21.0411" and substitute "Sections 21.0411 and 21.04893".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 21.0411, Education Code (page 1, between lines 51 and 52), insert the following:
Sec. 21.04893. BILINGUAL TARGET LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST. The board shall propose rules to allow a person seeking certification under this subchapter who fails to perform satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test to:
(1) retake only the sections of the test that include the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily; and
(2) during a retake of the test described by Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring completion of that component.