H.B. No. 2812
AN ACT
re
lating to the limit on junior college courses that a high school
student may enroll in for dual credit and the calculation of average
daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter
school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under
Section 42.0052(b), time that a student participates in an
off-campus instructional program approved under Section 42.0052(a)
shall be counted as part of the minimum number of instructional
hours required for a student to be considered a full-time student in
average daily attendance for purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.0052 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0052. OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR PURPOSES OF
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. (a) The commissioner may, based on
criteria developed by the commissioner, approve instructional
programs provided off campus by an entity other than a school
district or open-enrollment charter school as a program in which
participation by a student of a district or charter school may be
counted for purposes of determining average daily attendance in
accordance with Section 42.005(h).
(b) The commissioner shall adopt by rule verification and
reporting procedures concerning time spent by students
participating in instructional programs approved under Subsection
(a).
SECTION 3. Section 130.008(f), Education Code, is repealed.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2812 was passed by the House on May 5,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2812 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2812 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor