Bill Text: TX HB228 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the optional flexible school day program provided by school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Left pending in committee [HB228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB228-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 228 |
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relating to the optional flexible school day program provided by | ||
school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 29.0822(a), (b), and (d), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school | ||
district may [ |
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school day program for [ |
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(1) students who have dropped out of school or are at | ||
risk of dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081; | ||
(2) students who attend a campus that is implementing | ||
an innovative redesign of the campus or an early college high school | ||
under a plan approved by the commissioner; [ |
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(3) students who, as a result of attendance | ||
requirements under Section 25.092, will be denied credit for one or | ||
more classes in which the students have been enrolled; or | ||
(4) a campus or campuses that would benefit from the | ||
program. | ||
(b) To enable a school district to provide a program under | ||
this section that meets the needs of students described by | ||
Subsection (a), a school district [ |
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(1) provide flexibility in the number of hours each | ||
day a student attends; | ||
(2) provide flexibility in the number of days each | ||
week a student attends; or | ||
(3) allow a student to enroll in less than or more than | ||
a full course load. | ||
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration | ||
of this section[ |
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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. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
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, 2015. |