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1	1	H.B. No. 1297
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to optional flexible school day program courses offered by
6	6	school districts to enable students to earn course credit under
7	7	certain circumstances.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school
13	13	district may apply to the commissioner to provide a flexible school
14	14	day program for students [in grades nine through 12] who:
15	15	(1) have dropped out of school or are at risk of
16	16	dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081; [or]
17	17	(2) attend a campus that is implementing an innovative
18	18	redesign of the campus or an early college high school under a plan
19	19	approved by the commissioner; or
20	20	(3) as a result of attendance requirements under
21	21	Section 25.092, will be denied credit for one or more classes in
22	22	which the students have been enrolled.
23	23	(c) Except in the case of a course designed for a student
24	24	described by Subsection (a)(3), a [A] course offered in a program
25	25	under this section must provide for at least the same number of
26	26	instructional hours as required for a course offered in a program
27	27	that meets the required minimum number of instructional days under
28	28	Section 25.081 and the required length of school day under Section
29	29	25.082.
30	30	(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration
31	31	of this section, including rules establishing application
32	32	requirements. The commissioner shall calculate average daily
33	33	attendance for students served under this section. The
34	34	commissioner shall allow accumulations of hours of instruction for
35	35	students whose schedule would not otherwise allow full state
36	36	funding. Funding under this subsection shall be determined based
37	37	on the number of instructional days in the school district calendar
38	38	and a seven-hour school day, but attendance may be cumulated over a
39	39	school year, including any summer or vacation session. The
40	40	attendance of students who accumulate less than the number of
41	41	attendance hours required under this subsection shall be
42	42	proportionately reduced for funding purposes. The commissioner
43	43	may:
44	44	(1) set maximum funding amounts for an individual
45	45	course under this section; and
46	46	(2) limit funding for the attendance of a student
47	47	described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to
48	48	funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn
49	49	class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under
50	50	Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive
51	51	without retaking the class.
52	52	(e) A student described by Subsection (a)(3) may enroll in a
53	53	course in a program under this section offered during the school
54	54	year or during the period in which school is recessed for the summer
55	55	to enable the student to earn class credit that, as a result of
56	56	attendance requirements under Section 25.092, the student would not
57	57	otherwise be able to receive without retaking the class.
58	58	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
59	59	school year.
60	60	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	61	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	62	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	63	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	64	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
65	65	______________________________ ______________________________
66	66	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
67	67	I certify that H.B. No. 1297 was passed by the House on March
68	68	31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
69	69	voting.
70	70	______________________________
71	71	Chief Clerk of the House
72	72	I certify that H.B. No. 1297 was passed by the Senate on May
73	73	21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
74	74	______________________________
75	75	Secretary of the Senate
76	76	APPROVED: _____________________
77	77	Date
78	78	_____________________
79	79	Governor