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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students |
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over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional |
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arrangement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.151, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), a student who is 18 |
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years of age or older who has met graduation credit requirements and |
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is in an off home campus instructional arrangement is a full-time |
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equivalent student if the student receives 20 hours of contact a |
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week. A student described by this subsection is a part-time |
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equivalent student if the student receives 10 hours or more but less |
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than 20 hours of contact a week. The commissioner may adopt rules |
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necessary to administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. The commissioner of education may adopt rules to |
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administer this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The commissioner of education is required to |
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implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money |
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specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not |
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appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commissioner |
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of education may, but is not required to, implement this Act using |
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other appropriations available for the purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |