83R6485 CAE-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 1850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for full-time enrollment of private school
students and home-schooled students in the state virtual school
network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses
provided through the state virtual school network only if the
student:
(1) was enrolled in a public or private school in this
state in the preceding school year; [or]
(2) was a home-schooled student in this state in the
preceding school year; or
(3) has been placed in substitute care in this state,
regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public or
private school in this state or was a home-schooled student in this
state in the preceding school year.
SECTION 2. Section 30A.007(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
shall adopt a policy that provides eligible [district or school]
students with the opportunity to enroll in electronic courses
provided through the state virtual school network. The policy must
be consistent with the requirements imposed by Section 26.0031.
SECTION 3. Sections 30A.107(b) and (c), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A student who is enrolled in a school district, [or]
open-enrollment charter school, or private school in this state as
a full-time student or who is a home-schooled student in this state
may take one or more electronic courses through the state virtual
school network.
(c) A student who resides in this state but who is not
enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school in
this state as a full-time student may, subject to Section 30A.155,
enroll in electronic courses through the state virtual school
network. A student to whom this subsection applies:
(1) [may not in any semester enroll in more than two
electronic courses offered through the state virtual school
network;
[(2)] is not considered to be a public school student;
(2) [(3)] must obtain access to a course provided
through the network through the school district or open-enrollment
charter school attendance zone in which the student resides;
(3) [(4)] is not entitled to enroll in a course
offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school
other than an electronic course provided through the network; and
(4) [(5)] is not entitled to any right, privilege,
activities, or services available to a student enrolled in a public
school, other than the right to receive the appropriate unit of
credit for completing an electronic course.
SECTION 4. Section 30A.155(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided
through the state virtual school network to a student who resides in
this state and:
(1) is enrolled in a school district, [or]
open-enrollment charter school, or private school as a full-time
student or is a home-schooled student; and
(2) is enrolled in a course load greater than that
normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level in other
school districts, [or] open-enrollment charter schools, or private
schools.
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
SECTION 6. 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, 2013.