By Tillery H.B. No. 2062 77R5055 KKA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a self-paced program for certain students at risk of 1-3 dropping out of school. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by 1-6 amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 (f) A school district may implement a self-paced program for 1-9 students at risk of dropping out of school or contract with a 1-10 private or public community-based dropout recovery education 1-11 program provider to operate a self-paced program on behalf of the 1-12 district. The program must: 1-13 (1) be available only to a student who is identified 1-14 as an appropriate program participant by district teachers, 1-15 counselors, and the superintendent and whose parents consent to the 1-16 student's participation in the program; 1-17 (2) require a student to receive not less than 10 1-18 hours of instructional time per week; 1-19 (3) allow a student to complete required curriculum at 1-20 home at the student's pace; 1-21 (4) provide for periodic monitoring of a student's 1-22 progress; and 1-23 (5) comply with any rules adopted by the commissioner. 1-24 (g) The commissioner shall include students in attendance in 2-1 a program under Subsection (e) or (f) in the computation of the 2-2 district's average daily attendance for funding purposes. 2-3 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 2-4 school year. 2-5 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-6 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-7 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-8 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-9 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.