| 1 | 1 | | 85R19482 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: VanDeaver, Bernal, Cosper, H.B. No. 539 |
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| 3 | 3 | | González of El Paso, Sheffield |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 539: |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Koop C.S.H.B. No. 539 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the ability of certain dependents of members of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | United States military to enroll full-time in courses provided |
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| 12 | 12 | | through the state virtual school network. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided through the state virtual school network only if the |
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| 18 | 18 | | student: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) was enrolled in a public school in this state in |
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| 20 | 20 | | the preceding school year; [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) is a dependent of a member of the United States |
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| 22 | 22 | | military who has been deployed or transferred to this state and was |
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| 23 | 23 | | enrolled in a publicly funded school outside of this state in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | preceding school year; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) has been placed in substitute care in this state, |
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| 26 | 26 | | regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public school in |
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| 27 | 27 | | this state in the preceding school year. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 29 | 29 | | school year. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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