By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2660
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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TaylorofGalvestonX
LucioX
BettencourtX
CampbellX
GarciaX
HuffinesX
KolkhorstX
RodrÃguezX
SeligerX
TaylorofCollinX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled
in an optional flexible school day program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration
of this section, including rules establishing application
requirements. Subject to Subsection (d-1), the [The] commissioner
shall calculate average daily attendance for students served under
this section. The commissioner shall allow accumulations of hours
of instruction for students whose schedule would not otherwise
allow full state funding. Funding under this subsection shall be
determined based on the number of instructional days in the school
district calendar and a seven-hour school day, but attendance may
be cumulated over a school year, including any summer or vacation
session. The attendance of students who accumulate less than the
number of attendance hours required under this subsection shall be
proportionately reduced for funding purposes. The commissioner
may:
(1) set maximum funding amounts for an individual
course under this section; and
(2) limit funding for the attendance of a student
described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to
funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn
class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under
Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive
without retaking the class.
(d-1) In calculating average daily attendance for students
served under this section, the commissioner shall ensure that
funding for attendance in a course in a program under this section
is based on the same instructional hour requirements of the regular
program rather than a full-time equivalent student basis that
requires six hours of student contact time to qualify for a full day
of attendance.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is:
(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day
of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under
Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of
instruction;
(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year
program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of
attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by
Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of
instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); or
(3) for a district that operates under a flexible
school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily
attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with
Sections [Section] 29.0822(d) and (d-1).
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.
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