86R10933 MM-F
 
  By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2818
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program
  for students at risk of dropping out of school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (e-2) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
  follows:
         (e-2)  An Internet online dropout recovery education program
  must:
               (1)  include as a part of its curriculum credentials,
  certifications, or other course offerings that relate directly to
  employment opportunities in the state;
               (2)  employ as faculty and administrators persons with
  baccalaureate or advanced degrees;
               (3)  provide an academic coach and local advocate for
  each student;
               (4)  use an individual learning plan to monitor each
  student's progress;
               (5)  [establish satisfactory requirements for the
  monthly progress of students according to standards set by the
  commissioner;
               [(6)]  provide a monthly report to the student's school
  district regarding the student's progress;
               (6) [(7)]  perform satisfactorily according to
  performance indicators and accountability standards adopted for
  alternative education programs by the commissioner; and
               (7) [(8)]  comply with this title and rules adopted
  under this title except as otherwise provided by this subsection.
         (f-1)  An Internet online dropout recovery education program
  is not subject to commissioner rules applicable to an optional
  flexible school day program under Section 29.0822 regarding minutes
  of instruction and calculation of average daily attendance.  For
  the purposes of calculating attendance for an Internet online
  dropout recovery education program, the commissioner shall:
               (1)  consider a student to be scheduled for and
  receiving instruction for 55 minutes per day for each course taken
  for purposes of determining whether the student satisfies the
  requirements of half-day or full-day enrollment;
               (2)  consider a student who is enrolled for five
  semester courses to be in attendance for each day of instruction in
  the reporting period for purposes of establishing the student's
  daily attendance;
               (3)  calculate the final average daily attendance of
  the program based on successful student completion of semester
  courses in which students were enrolled using course completion
  data reported by the district;
               (4)  adjust the average daily attendance based on
  students' failure to complete semester courses; and
               (5)  adjust the amount of funding provided under the
  Foundation School Program during the following school year based on
  any adjustment made under Subdivision (4).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.