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Amend CSHB 256 (house committee printing) on page 1 by striking lines 6 and 7 and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-3) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for [For] purposes of this section, the number of educationally disadvantaged students is determined:
(1) by averaging the best six months' numbers of students eligible for enrollment in the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches for the preceding school year; or
(2) in the manner provided by commissioner rule[, if no campus in the district participated in the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches during the preceding school year].
(b-1) A student receiving a full-time virtual education through the state virtual school network is not included in determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students under Subsection (b).