82R22363 CAS-D By: Guillen H.B. No. 1326 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1326: By: Hochberg C.S.H.B. No. 1326 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the optional flexible school day program provided by school districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 29.0822(a), Education Code, is amended 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 who: (1) have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081; (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; or (4) attend a campus that would benefit from the program, as determined by the district. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 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, 2011.