Amend House File 588 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, line 32, by striking<2> and inserting <3>
   2.  Page 4, by striking line 4 and inserting: 
   <2.  The parent or guardian of a student receiving independent private instruction shall sign a statement acknowledging that independent private instruction is not accredited by any recognized state or national accrediting agency, and the authority responsible for the independent private instruction shall include the signed statement in the student’s cumulative records.
   3.  For purposes of this chapter, “competentand chapter 299:>
   3.  Page 5, line 23, by striking<2> and inserting <3>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MASCHER of Johnson