82S10090 CAS-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 38
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) students who have dropped out of school or are at
risk of dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081;
(2) students who 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) students who, 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) a campus or campuses that would benefit from the
program.
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.