| 1 | 1 | | 86R10933 MM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1908 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program |
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| 8 | 8 | | for students at risk of dropping out of school. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (e-2) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (e-2) An Internet online dropout recovery education program |
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| 14 | 14 | | must: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) include as a part of its curriculum credentials, |
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| 16 | 16 | | certifications, or other course offerings that relate directly to |
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| 17 | 17 | | employment opportunities in the state; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) employ as faculty and administrators persons with |
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| 19 | 19 | | baccalaureate or advanced degrees; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) provide an academic coach and local advocate for |
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| 21 | 21 | | each student; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) use an individual learning plan to monitor each |
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| 23 | 23 | | student's progress; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) [establish satisfactory requirements for the |
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| 25 | 25 | | monthly progress of students according to standards set by the |
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| 26 | 26 | | commissioner; |
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| 27 | 27 | | [(6)] provide a monthly report to the student's school |
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| 28 | 28 | | district regarding the student's progress; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) [(7)] perform satisfactorily according to |
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| 30 | 30 | | performance indicators and accountability standards adopted for |
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| 31 | 31 | | alternative education programs by the commissioner; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (7) [(8)] comply with this title and rules adopted |
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| 33 | 33 | | under this title except as otherwise provided by this subsection. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (f-1) An Internet online dropout recovery education program |
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| 35 | 35 | | is not subject to commissioner rules applicable to an optional |
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| 36 | 36 | | flexible school day program under Section 29.0822 regarding minutes |
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| 37 | 37 | | of instruction and calculation of average daily attendance. For |
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| 38 | 38 | | the purposes of calculating attendance for an Internet online |
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| 39 | 39 | | dropout recovery education program, the commissioner shall: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) consider a student to be scheduled for and |
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| 41 | 41 | | receiving instruction for 55 minutes per day for each course taken |
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| 42 | 42 | | for purposes of determining whether the student satisfies the |
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| 43 | 43 | | requirements of half-day or full-day enrollment; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) consider a student who is enrolled for five |
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| 45 | 45 | | semester courses to be in attendance for each day of instruction in |
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| 46 | 46 | | the reporting period for purposes of establishing the student's |
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| 47 | 47 | | daily attendance; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) calculate the final average daily attendance of |
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| 49 | 49 | | the program based on successful student completion of semester |
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| 50 | 50 | | courses in which students were enrolled using course completion |
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| 51 | 51 | | data reported by the district; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) adjust the average daily attendance based on |
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| 53 | 53 | | students' failure to complete semester courses; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (5) adjust the amount of funding provided under the |
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| 55 | 55 | | Foundation School Program during the following school year based on |
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| 56 | 56 | | any adjustment made under Subdivision (4). |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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