By: Campbell S.B. No. 587
(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2017; February 8, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs &
Border Security; April 11, 2017, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 587 By: Campbell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of certain students to enroll full-time in
courses provided through the state virtual school network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses
provided through the state virtual school network only if the
student:
(1) was enrolled in a public school in this state in
the preceding school year; or
(2) [has been placed in substitute care in this
state,] regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public
school in this state in the preceding school year:
(A) has been placed in substitute care in this
state; or
(B) is a dependent of a member of the United
States military who has been deployed or transferred to, or
otherwise currently resides in, this state.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. The Texas Education Agency is required to
implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money
specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not
appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the agency may,
but is not required to, implement this Act using other
appropriations available for the purpose.
SECTION 4. 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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