85R9515 KKA-F
By: Goldman H.B. No. 1826
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of certain students 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:
(A) has been placed in substitute care in this
state; or
(B) has been prescribed by a licensed
psychologist or other licensed health care professional to attend
school through an alternative setting that provides instruction
solely through electronic courses because of the student's medical
or psychological condition.
SECTION 2. Section 30A.107(c), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(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 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
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, 2017.