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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled |
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in an optional flexible school day program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration |
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of this section, including rules establishing application |
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requirements. Subject to Subsection (d-1), the [The] commissioner |
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shall calculate average daily attendance for students served under |
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this section. The commissioner shall allow accumulations of hours |
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of instruction for students whose schedule would not otherwise |
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allow full state funding. Funding under this subsection shall be |
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determined based on the number of instructional days in the school |
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district calendar and a seven-hour school day, but attendance may |
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be cumulated over a school year, including any summer or vacation |
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session. The attendance of students who accumulate less than the |
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number of attendance hours required under this subsection shall be |
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proportionately reduced for funding purposes. The commissioner |
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may: |
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(1) set maximum funding amounts for an individual |
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course under this section; and |
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(2) limit funding for the attendance of a student |
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described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to |
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funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn |
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class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under |
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Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive |
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without retaking the class. |
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(d-1) In calculating average daily attendance for students |
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served under this section, the commissioner shall ensure that |
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funding for attendance in a course in a program under this section |
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is based on the same instructional hour requirements of the regular |
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program rather than a full-time equivalent student basis that |
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requires six hours of student contact time to qualify for a full day |
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of attendance. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.005(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is: |
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(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day |
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of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under |
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Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of |
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instruction; |
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(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year |
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program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of |
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attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by |
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Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of |
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instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); or |
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(3) for a district that operates under a flexible |
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school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily |
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attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with |
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Sections [Section] 29.0822(d) and (d-1). |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |