By: Campbell, Hall S.B. No. 947
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) regardless of whether the student was enrolled in
a public school in this state in the preceding school year:
(A) 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 [and was enrolled in a
publicly funded school outside of this state in the preceding
school year]; or
(B) [(3)] 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].
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.