Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R6368 MM-F
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 878
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program
8	8	for students at risk of dropping out of school.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 29.081(d), Education Code, as amended by
11	11	Chapters 403 (S.B. 1746), 597 (S.B. 668), and 1060 (H.B. 1051), Acts
12	12	of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
15	15	dropping out of school" includes each student who:
16	16	(1) is under 26 years of age and who:
17	17	(A) was not advanced from one grade level to the
18	18	next for one or more school years;
19	19	(B) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or
20	20	12, did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in
21	21	two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester
22	22	in the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such
23	23	an average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in
24	24	the current semester;
25	25	(C) did not perform satisfactorily on an
26	26	assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter
27	27	B, Chapter 39, and who has not in the previous or current school
28	28	year subsequently performed on that instrument or another
29	29	appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of
30	30	the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
31	31	(D) if the student is in prekindergarten,
32	32	kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily on
33	33	a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the
34	34	current school year;
35	35	(E) is pregnant or is a parent;
36	36	(F) has been placed in an alternative education
37	37	program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
38	38	current school year;
39	39	(G) has been expelled in accordance with Section
40	40	37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
41	41	(H) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
42	42	prosecution, or other conditional release;
43	43	(I) was previously reported through the Public
44	44	Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
45	45	of school;
46	46	(J) is a student of limited English proficiency,
47	47	as defined by Section 29.052;
48	48	(K) is in the custody or care of the Department of
49	49	Family and Protective Services or has, during the current school
50	50	year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer
51	51	of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
52	52	(L) is homeless;
53	53	(M) resided in the preceding school year or
54	54	resides in the current school year in a residential placement
55	55	facility in the district, including a detention facility, substance
56	56	abuse treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
57	57	halfway house, cottage home operation, specialized child-care
58	58	home, or general residential operation; [or]
59	59	(N) [(14)] has been incarcerated or has a parent
60	60	or guardian who has been incarcerated, within the lifetime of the
61	61	student, in a penal institution as defined by Section 1.07, Penal
62	62	Code; or
63	63	(O) is enrolled in a school district or
64	64	open-enrollment charter school, or a campus of a school district or
65	65	open-enrollment charter school, that is designated as a dropout
66	66	recovery school under Section 39.0548; or
67	67	(2) regardless of the student's age, participates in
68	68	an adult education program provided under a high school diploma and
69	69	industry certification charter school program under Section
70	70	29.259.
71	71	SECTION 2. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by
72	72	amending Subsection (e-2) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
73	73	follows:
74	74	(e-2) An Internet online dropout recovery education program
75	75	must:
76	76	(1) include as a part of its curriculum credentials,
77	77	certifications, or other course offerings that relate directly to
78	78	employment opportunities in the state;
79	79	(2) employ as faculty and administrators persons with
80	80	baccalaureate or advanced degrees;
81	81	(3) provide an academic coach and local advocate for
82	82	each student;
83	83	(4) use an individual learning plan to monitor each
84	84	student's progress;
85	85	(5) [establish satisfactory requirements for the
86	86	monthly progress of students according to standards set by the
87	87	commissioner;
88	88	[(6)] provide a monthly report to the student's school
89	89	district regarding the student's progress;
90	90	(6) [(7)] perform satisfactorily according to
91	91	performance indicators and accountability standards adopted for
92	92	alternative education programs by the commissioner; and
93	93	(7) [(8)] comply with this title and rules adopted
94	94	under this title except as otherwise provided by this subsection.
95	95	(f-1) An Internet online dropout recovery education program
96	96	is not subject to commissioner rules applicable to an optional
97	97	flexible school day program under Section 29.0822 regarding minutes
98	98	of instruction and calculation of average daily attendance. For
99	99	the purposes of calculating attendance for an Internet online
100	100	dropout recovery education program, the commissioner shall:
101	101	(1) consider a student to be scheduled for and
102	102	receiving instruction for 55 minutes per day for each course taken
103	103	for purposes of determining whether the student satisfies the
104	104	requirements of half-day or full-day enrollment;
105	105	(2) consider a student who is enrolled for five
106	106	semester courses to be in attendance for each day of instruction in
107	107	the reporting period for purposes of establishing the student's
108	108	daily attendance;
109	109	(3) calculate the final average daily attendance of
110	110	the program based on successful student completion of semester
111	111	courses in which students were enrolled using course completion
112	112	data reported by the district;
113	113	(4) adjust the average daily attendance based on
114	114	students' failure to complete semester courses; and
115	115	(5) adjust the amount of funding provided under the
116	116	Foundation School Program during the following school year based on
117	117	any adjustment made under Subdivision (4).
118	118	SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
119	119	over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
120	120	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
121	121	codes.
122	122	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.