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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a |
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school district on the basis of a calamity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.005(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The commissioner may adjust the average daily |
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attendance of a school district in which a disaster, flood, extreme |
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weather condition, fuel curtailment, or other calamity has a |
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significant effect on the district's attendance. In addition to |
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providing the adjustment for the amount of instructional days |
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during the semester in which the calamity first occurred, an |
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adjustment under this section may only be provided based on a |
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particular calamity for an additional amount of instructional days |
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equivalent to one school year. The commissioner may divide the |
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adjustment between two consecutive school years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |