By: Campbell S.B. No. 587
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the ability of certain students to enroll full-time in
  courses provided through the state virtual school network.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30A.002(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A student is eligible to enroll full-time in courses
  provided through the state virtual school network only if the
  student:
               (1)  was enrolled in a public school in this state in
  the preceding school year; or
               (2)  [has been placed in substitute care in this
  state,] regardless of whether the student was enrolled in a public
  school in this state in the preceding school year:
                     (A)  has been placed in substitute care in this
  state; or
                     (B)  is a dependent of a member of the United
  States military who has been deployed or transferred to, or
  otherwise currently resides in, this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  The Texas Education Agency is required to
  implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money
  specifically for that purpose.  If the legislature does not
  appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the agency may,
  but is not required to, implement this Act using other
  appropriations available for the purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.