By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3622
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain alternative education programs designed for
students at risk of dropping out of school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as
follows:
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration
of this section, including rules establishing application
requirements. Subject to Subsection (d-1) and (d-2), the
commissioner shall calculate average daily attendance for students
served under this section. The commissioner shall allow
accumulations of hours of instruction for students whose schedule
would not otherwise allow full state funding. Funding under this
subsection shall be determined based on the number of instructional
days in the school district calendar and a seven-hour school day,
but attendance may be cumulated over a school year, including any
summer or vacation session. The attendance of students who
accumulate less than the number of attendance hours required under
this subsection shall be proportionately reduced for funding
purposes. The commissioner may:
(1) set maximum funding amounts for an individual
course under this section; and
(2) limit funding for the attendance of a student
described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to
funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn
class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under
Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive
without retaking the class.
(d-2) In calculating average daily attendance for students
served under this section, the commissioner shall not limit the
average daily attendance resulting from the accumulations of hours
of instruction in a particular reporting period, if the annual
average daily attendance accumulated for a school year does not
exceed the equivalent of one student in average daily attendance
with a perfect attendance rate. The commissioner shall only apply a
limitation on average daily attendance resulting from the
accumulations of hours of instruction under this section on an
annual basis.
SECTION 2. Section 48.153, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school is
entitled to $500 [$250] for each student in average daily
attendance who:
(1) resides in a residential placement facility; [or]
(2) is provided services from a private or public
community-based dropout recovery education program or education
management organization while remaining enrolled in their
designated district campus of residence; or
(3) [(2)] is at a district or school or a campus of the
district or school that is designated as a dropout recovery school
under Section 39.0548.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), a private or public
community-based dropout recovery education program or education
management organization is defined in Section 29.081(e), Education
Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.