87R1792 KJE-D
By: Turner of Dallas H.B. No. 1010
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for school
districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.0051, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), the commissioner shall
adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or
open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner
provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school:
(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of
operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081
and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 180
days of instruction as provided by Subsection (a-2); and
(2) offers an additional 30 days of half-day
instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth
grade.
(a-2) To be eligible for the adjustment to the average daily
attendance under Subsection (a), a school district or
open-enrollment charter school is only required to provide the
minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time
described by Subsection (a)(1) over at least 180 days of
instruction for students to whom the district or school offers the
additional 30 days of half-day instruction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.