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
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1798 | |
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| 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. | ||
