By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2188
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students
over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional
arrangement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 42.151, Education Code is amended by adding
the following:
(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), a student who is 18
years of age or older who has met graduation credit requirements and
is in an off home campus instructional arrangement is a full-time
equivalent student if the student receives 20 hours of contact a
week. A student described by this subsection is a part-time
equivalent student if the student receives 10 hours or more but less
than 20 hours of contact a week.
(1) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to
administer this section.
SECTION 2. The commissioner may adopt rules to administer
this section.
SECTION 3. This Act applied beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.