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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. Sec. 42.151, Education Code is amended by adding |
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the following: |
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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. |
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(1) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. The commissioner may adopt rules to administer |
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this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applied beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |