Bill Text: TX SB1652 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility of certain students for Foundation School Program benefits and the calculation of average daily attendance for those students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Education [SB1652 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1652-Introduced.html
86R12270 MM-D | ||
By: Powell | S.B. No. 1652 |
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relating to eligibility of certain students for Foundation School | ||
Program benefits and the calculation of average daily attendance | ||
for those students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.003(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A student is entitled to the benefits of the Foundation | ||
School Program if, on September 1 of the school year, the student: | ||
(1) is 5 years of age or older and under 21 years of age | ||
and has not graduated from high school, or is at least 21 years of | ||
age and under 26 years of age and has been admitted by a school | ||
district to complete the requirements for a high school diploma; | ||
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(2) is at least 19 years of age and under 26 years of | ||
age and is enrolled in an adult high school diploma and industry | ||
certification charter school pilot program under Section 29.259; or | ||
(3) is at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of | ||
age and is enrolled in a workforce training program provided by a | ||
school district off campus. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
(h-1) For a student described by Section 42.003(a)(3), time | ||
that the student spends participating in a program under that | ||
subdivision 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |