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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for a |
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public school student participating in the college credit program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a-2), Section 28.009, Education |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-2) A school district is not required to pay a student's |
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tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this |
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section. [This subsection expires September 1, 2011.] |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 42.005, Education Code, |
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as amended by Chapter 1328 (H.B. 3646), Acts of the 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted to read as |
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follows: |
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(g) If a student may receive course credit toward the |
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student's high school academic requirements and toward the |
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student's higher education academic requirements for a single |
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course, including a course provided under Section 28.009 by a |
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public institution of higher education, the time during which the |
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student attends the course shall be counted as part of the minimum |
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number of instructional hours required for a student to be |
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considered a full-time student in average daily attendance for |
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purposes of this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all 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, 2011. |