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AN ACT
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relating to the state virtual school network, including the ability |
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of certain dependents of members of the United States military to |
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enroll full-time in courses provided through the network. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses |
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provided through the state virtual school network only if the |
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student: |
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(1) was enrolled in a public school in this state in |
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the preceding school year; [or] |
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(2) is a dependent of a member of the United States |
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military who has been deployed or transferred to this state and was |
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enrolled in a publicly funded school outside of this state in the |
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preceding school year; or |
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(3) has been placed in substitute care in this state, |
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regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public school in |
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this state in the preceding school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 30A.052(c), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The commissioner shall[:
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[(1)] employ a limited number of administrative |
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employees in connection with the network[; and
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[(2)
contract with a regional education service center
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for the service center to operate the network]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 587 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 17, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 587 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |