Amend CSSB 1871 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 4 of the bill, amending Section 37.002, Education Code (page 2, line 35), between "(c-2)," and "(f)", insert "(c-3),".
(2) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 37.002(c), Education Code (page 2, line 58), strike "may place the student into" and substituting "or campus behavior coordinator may place the student into a school-based behavioral support setting, into".
(3) In SECTION 4 of the bill, immediately following added Section 37.002(c-2), Education Code (page 3, between lines 13 and 14), insert the following:
(c-3) The principal or campus behavior coordinator must consider whether a student removed from class under Subsection (b) may be placed into a school-based behavioral support setting designed to address the student's physical, mental, or behavioral health needs before making a determination to place the student in another placement setting described by Subsection (c).