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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSHB 21 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 42.151, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), a student who is 18 years of age or older who has met graduation credit requirements and is in an off home campus instructional arrangement is a full-time equivalent student if the student receives 20 hours of contact a week. A student described by this subsection is a part-time equivalent student if the student receives 10 hours or more but less than 20 hours of contact a week. The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.
(b) Section 42.151(f-1), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.