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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the incentive for public schools that provide |
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additional instructional minutes for all students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 48.0051, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.0051. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL |
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MINUTES [DAYS]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 48.0051(a), (b), and (c), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The [Subject to Subsection (a-1), the] commissioner |
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shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner |
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provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school[: |
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[(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of |
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operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 |
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and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 180 |
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days of instruction; and |
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[(2)] offers, over the minimum number of minutes of |
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operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 |
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and commissioner rules adopted under that section, an additional |
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12,600 minutes [30 days] of full-day [half-day] instruction for all |
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students enrolled in the district or school [prekindergarten |
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through fifth grade]. |
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(b) For a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall increase the |
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average daily attendance of the district or school under Section |
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48.005 by the amount that results from the quotient of the sum of |
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attendance [by students described by Subsection (a)(2)] for each of |
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the 12,600 [30] additional instructional minutes [days of half-day |
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instruction] that are provided divided by 75,600 [180]. |
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(c) The commissioner may provide the incentive under this |
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section to a school district or open-enrollment charter school that |
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intended, but due to circumstances beyond the district's or |
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school's control, including the occurrence of a natural disaster |
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affecting the district or school, was unable to meet the |
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requirement for instruction under Section 25.081 plus an additional |
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12,600 minutes [30 days] of full-day [half-day] instruction. The |
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commissioner may proportionately reduce the incentive provided to a |
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district or school described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.085(i), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a |
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student enrolled in a school district is not required to attend |
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school for any additional instructional minutes [days] described by |
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Section 48.0051. |
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SECTION 4. Section 48.0051(d), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |