Bill Text: TX SB1434 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to counting time spent by students participating in certain approved off-campus instructional programs in calculation of the average daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Left pending in committee [SB1434 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1434-Engrossed.html

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By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1434

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to counting time spent by students participating in
certain approved off-campus instructional programs in calculation
of the average daily attendance for a school district or
open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under
Section 42.0052(b), time that a student participates in an
off-campus instructional program approved under Section 42.0052(a)
shall be counted as part of the minimum number of instructional
hours required for a student to be considered a full-time student in
average daily attendance for purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.0052 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0052. OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR PURPOSES OF
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. (a) The commissioner may, based on
criteria developed by the commissioner, approve instructional
programs provided off campus by an entity other than a school
district or open-enrollment charter school as a program in which
participation by a student of a district or charter school may be
counted for purposes of determining average daily attendance in
accordance with Section 42.005(h).
(b) The commissioner shall adopt by rule verification and
reporting procedures concerning time spent by students
participating in instructional programs approved under Subsection
(a).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.