81R6516 CAS-F
By: Hochberg H.B. No. 1297
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to optional flexible school day program courses offered by
school districts to enable students to earn course credit under
certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school
district may apply to the commissioner to provide a flexible school
day program for students [in grades nine through 12] who:
(1) have dropped out of school or are at risk of
dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081; [or]
(2) attend a campus that is implementing an innovative
redesign of the campus or an early college high school under a plan
approved by the commissioner; or
(3) as a result of attendance requirements under
Section 25.092, will be denied credit for one or more classes in
which the students have been enrolled.
(c) Except in the case of a course designed for a student
described by Subsection (a)(3), a [A] course offered in a program
under this section must provide for at least the same number of
instructional hours as required for a course offered in a program
that meets the required minimum number of instructional days under
Section 25.081 and the required length of school day under Section
25.082.
(e) A student described by Subsection (a)(3) may enroll in a
course in a program under this section offered during the school
year or during the period in which school is recessed for the
summer. The student may enroll in such a course to the extent
necessary for the student to earn class credit that, as a result of
attendance requirements under Section 25.092, the student would not
otherwise be able to receive without retaking the class.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.