86R10933 MM-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2818
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program
for students at risk of dropping out of school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e-2) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
follows:
(e-2) An Internet online dropout recovery education program
must:
(1) include as a part of its curriculum credentials,
certifications, or other course offerings that relate directly to
employment opportunities in the state;
(2) employ as faculty and administrators persons with
baccalaureate or advanced degrees;
(3) provide an academic coach and local advocate for
each student;
(4) use an individual learning plan to monitor each
student's progress;
(5) [establish satisfactory requirements for the
monthly progress of students according to standards set by the
commissioner;
[(6)] provide a monthly report to the student's school
district regarding the student's progress;
(6) [(7)] perform satisfactorily according to
performance indicators and accountability standards adopted for
alternative education programs by the commissioner; and
(7) [(8)] comply with this title and rules adopted
under this title except as otherwise provided by this subsection.
(f-1) An Internet online dropout recovery education program
is not subject to commissioner rules applicable to an optional
flexible school day program under Section 29.0822 regarding minutes
of instruction and calculation of average daily attendance. For
the purposes of calculating attendance for an Internet online
dropout recovery education program, the commissioner shall:
(1) consider a student to be scheduled for and
receiving instruction for 55 minutes per day for each course taken
for purposes of determining whether the student satisfies the
requirements of half-day or full-day enrollment;
(2) consider a student who is enrolled for five
semester courses to be in attendance for each day of instruction in
the reporting period for purposes of establishing the student's
daily attendance;
(3) calculate the final average daily attendance of
the program based on successful student completion of semester
courses in which students were enrolled using course completion
data reported by the district;
(4) adjust the average daily attendance based on
students' failure to complete semester courses; and
(5) adjust the amount of funding provided under the
Foundation School Program during the following school year based on
any adjustment made under Subdivision (4).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.