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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for full-time enrollment of private school |
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students and home-schooled students in the state virtual school |
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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 or private school in this |
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state in the preceding school year; [or] |
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(2) was a home-schooled student in 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 or |
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private school in this state or was a home-schooled student in this |
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state in the preceding school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 30A.007(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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shall adopt a policy that provides eligible [district or school] |
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students with the opportunity to enroll in electronic courses |
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provided through the state virtual school network. The policy must |
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be consistent with the requirements imposed by Section 26.0031. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 30A.107(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A student who is enrolled in a school district, [or] |
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open-enrollment charter school, or private school in this state as |
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a full-time student or who is a home-schooled student in this state |
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may take one or more electronic courses through the state virtual |
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school network. |
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(c) A student who resides in this state but who is not |
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enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school in |
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this state as a full-time student may, subject to Section 30A.155, |
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enroll in electronic courses through the state virtual school |
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network. A student to whom this subsection applies: |
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(1) [may not in any semester enroll in more than two
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electronic courses offered through the state virtual school
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network;
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[(2)] is not considered to be a public school student; |
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(2) [(3)] must obtain access to a course provided |
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through the network through the school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school attendance zone in which the student resides; |
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(3) [(4)] is not entitled to enroll in a course |
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offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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other than an electronic course provided through the network; and |
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(4) [(5)] is not entitled to any right, privilege, |
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activities, or services available to a student enrolled in a public |
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school, other than the right to receive the appropriate unit of |
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credit for completing an electronic course. |
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SECTION 4. Section 30A.155(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided |
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through the state virtual school network to a student who resides in |
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this state and: |
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(1) is enrolled in a school district, [or] |
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open-enrollment charter school, or private school as a full-time |
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student or is a home-schooled student; and |
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(2) is enrolled in a course load greater than that |
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normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level in other |
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school districts, [or] open-enrollment charter schools, or private |
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schools. |
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SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2013. |