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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public schools to offer a virtual learning |
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option during a disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.9092 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.9092. VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTION DURING DISASTER. (a) |
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During any school year in which a school district's or |
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open-enrollment charter school's operations, including in-person |
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attendance, are disrupted due to a disaster declared by the |
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president of the United States under the Robert T. Stafford |
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section |
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5121 et seq.) or by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, |
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the district or school shall offer to the district's or school's |
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students a virtual learning option through which students may |
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attend school virtually. |
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(b) A student enrolled in a virtual learning option under |
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this section shall be counted toward the school district's or |
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open-enrollment charter school's average daily attendance in the |
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same manner as other district or school students. The commissioner |
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shall adopt rules providing for a method of taking attendance, once |
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each school day, for students enrolled in a virtual learning |
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option. |
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(c) Chapter 30A does not apply to a virtual course offered |
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under a virtual learning option under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |