86R12270 MM-D
 
  By: Powell S.B. No. 1652
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility of certain students for Foundation School
  Program benefits and the calculation of average daily attendance
  for those students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.003(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A student is entitled to the benefits of the Foundation
  School Program if, on September 1 of the school year, the student:
               (1)  is 5 years of age or older and under 21 years of age
  and has not graduated from high school, or is at least 21 years of
  age and under 26 years of age and has been admitted by a school
  district to complete the requirements for a high school diploma;
  [or]
               (2)  is at least 19 years of age and under 26 years of
  age and is enrolled in an adult high school diploma and industry
  certification charter school pilot program under Section 29.259; or
               (3)  is at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of
  age and is enrolled in a workforce training program provided by a
  school district off campus.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
         (h-1)  For a student described by Section 42.003(a)(3), time
  that the student spends participating in a program under that
  subdivision shall be counted as part of the minimum number of
  instructional hours required for a student to be considered a
  full-time student in average daily attendance for purposes of this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.