84R12174 GCB-D
 
  By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1434
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to counting time spent by students participating in
  certain approved off-campus instructional programs in calculation
  of the average daily attendance for a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under
  Section 42.0052(b), time that a student participates in an
  off-campus instructional program approved under Section 42.0052(a)
  shall be counted as part of the minimum number of instructional
  hours required for a student to be considered a full-time student in
  average daily attendance for purposes of this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 42.0052 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.0052. OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR PURPOSES OF
  AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.  (a)  The commissioner may, based on
  criteria developed by the commissioner, approve instructional
  programs provided off campus by an entity other than a school
  district or open-enrollment charter school as a program in which
  participation by a student of a district or charter school may be
  counted for purposes of determining average daily attendance in
  accordance with Section 42.005(h).
         (b)  The commissioner shall adopt by rule verification and
  reporting procedures concerning time spent by students
  participating in instructional programs approved under Subsection
  (a).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.