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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a |
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| 8 | 7 | | school district on the basis of a calamity. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.005(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | (d) The commissioner may adjust the average daily |
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| 13 | 12 | | attendance of a school district in which a disaster, flood, extreme |
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| 14 | 13 | | weather condition, fuel curtailment, or other calamity has a |
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| 15 | 14 | | significant effect on the district's attendance. In addition to |
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| 16 | 15 | | providing the adjustment for the amount of instructional days |
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| 17 | 16 | | during the semester in which the calamity first occurred, an |
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| 18 | 17 | | adjustment under this section may only be provided based on a |
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| 19 | 18 | | particular calamity for an additional amount of instructional days |
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| 20 | 19 | | equivalent to one school year. The commissioner may divide the |
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| 21 | 20 | | adjustment between two consecutive school years. |
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| 22 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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