84R8327 JSL-F
By: Goldman H.B. No. 2377
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of a student who lived out of state in the
preceding school year to enroll full-time in courses provided
through 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 school [in this state] in
the preceding school year; or
(2) has been placed in substitute care in this state,
regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public school
[in this state] in the preceding school year.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.