By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2084
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 28, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 8, 2017,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2084 By: Taylor of Collin
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to calculation of average daily attendance for public
school students in blended learning programs.
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. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.
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