Bill Text: TX SB1798 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for school districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Education [SB1798 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1798-Introduced.html
  87R1792 KJE-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 1798
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for school
  districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain
  students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 48.0051, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subsection (a-1), the commissioner shall
  adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner
  provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school:
               (1)  provides the minimum number of minutes of
  operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081
  and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 180
  days of instruction as provided by Subsection (a-2); and
               (2)  offers an additional 30 days of half-day
  instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth
  grade.
         (a-2)  To be eligible for the adjustment to the average daily
  attendance under Subsection (a), a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school is only required to provide the
  minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time
  described by Subsection (a)(1) over at least 180 days of
  instruction for students to whom the district or school offers the
  additional 30 days of half-day instruction.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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