Bill Text: TX SB587 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the state virtual school network, including the ability of certain dependents of members of the United States military to enroll full-time in courses provided through the network.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [SB587 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB587-Comm_Sub.html

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85R19482 MEW-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 587
(VanDeaver)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 587: No.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of certain dependents of members of the
United States military to enroll full-time in courses provided
through the state virtual school network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses
provided through the state virtual school network only if the
student:
(1) was enrolled in a public school in this state in
the preceding school year; [or]
(2) is a dependent of a member of the United States
military who has been deployed or transferred to this state and was
enrolled in a publicly funded school outside of this state in the
preceding school year; or
(3) has been placed in substitute care in this state,
regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public school in
this state in the preceding school year.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.