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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students |
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| 8 | 7 | | over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional |
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| 9 | 8 | | arrangement. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.151, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 11 | | adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | (f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), a student who is 18 |
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| 14 | 13 | | years of age or older who has met graduation credit requirements and |
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| 15 | 14 | | is in an off home campus instructional arrangement is a full-time |
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| 16 | 15 | | equivalent student if the student receives 20 hours of contact a |
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| 17 | 16 | | week. A student described by this subsection is a part-time |
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| 18 | 17 | | equivalent student if the student receives 10 hours or more but less |
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| 19 | 18 | | than 20 hours of contact a week. The commissioner may adopt rules |
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| 20 | 19 | | necessary to administer this section. |
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| 21 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The commissioner of education may adopt rules to |
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| 22 | 21 | | administer this Act. |
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| 23 | 22 | | SECTION 3. The commissioner of education is required to |
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| 24 | 23 | | implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money |
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| 25 | 24 | | specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not |
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| 26 | 25 | | appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commissioner |
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| 27 | 26 | | of education may, but is not required to, implement this Act using |
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| 28 | 27 | | other appropriations available for the purpose. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 30 | 29 | | school year. |
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