85R13209 CAE-D
By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2084
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to attendance of public school students in blended
learning programs and attendance through the state virtual school
network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(g-1) The commissioner shall adopt rules to calculate
average daily attendance for students participating in a blended
learning program in which classroom instruction is supplemented
with applied workforce learning opportunities, including
participation of students in internships, externships, and
apprenticeships.
SECTION 2. Section 30A.153(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A [Subject to the limitation imposed under Subsection
(a-1), a] school district or open-enrollment charter school in
which a student is enrolled is entitled to funding under Chapter 42
or in accordance with the terms of a charter granted under Section
12.101 for the student's enrollment in an electronic course offered
through the state virtual school network in the same manner that the
district or school is entitled to funding for the student's
enrollment in courses provided in a traditional classroom setting,
provided that the student successfully completes the electronic
course.
SECTION 3. Section 30A.155(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided
through the state virtual school network to a student who resides in
this state and[:
[(1)] is enrolled in a school district or
open-enrollment charter school as a full-time student with a course
load greater than that normally taken by students in the equivalent
grade level in other school districts or open-enrollment charter
schools[; or
[(2) elects to enroll in an electronic course provided
through the network for which the school district or
open-enrollment charter school in which the student is enrolled as
a full-time student declines to pay the cost, as authorized by
Section 26.0031(c-1)].
SECTION 4. Sections 26.0031(c-1) and 30A.153(a-1),
Education Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 6. 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.