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.