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House Bill 2442 |
House Author: King, Ken |
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Effective: 6-15-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Taylor, Larry |
House Bill 2442 repeals the requirement that a public school day be at least seven hours each day and amends the Education Code to authorize the commissioner of education to adopt rules to determine the minutes of operation that are equivalent to a day, defining minutes of operation and instructional time, and establishing the minimum number of minutes of instructional time required for a full-day and a half-day program. The bill authorizes the commissioner to proportionally reduce funding and the average daily attendance calculation for a school district that provides fewer minutes of operation than required. The bill sets out additional conditions under which a district or charter school is eligible to earn full average daily attendance and, if a district or charter school operates a prekindergarten program, to earn one‑half of average daily attendance.