Amend CSHB 1468 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 48.005(h), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(h) Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under Section 48.007(b), time that a student participates in an off-campus instructional program approved under Section 48.007(a) or a course or program provided under Section 48.007(c) 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 ____. The heading to Section 48.007, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 48.007. OFF-CAMPUS COURSES OR PROGRAMS COUNTED [APPROVED] FOR PURPOSES OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
SECTION ____. Section 48.007, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(b) The commissioner shall adopt by rule verification and reporting procedures to report student participation [concerning time spent by students participating] in instructional programs approved under Subsection (a) or courses or programs provided under Subsection (c).
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may provide one or more off-campus electronic courses, an off-campus electronic program, or an instructional program that combines in-person instruction and off-campus electronic instruction to students enrolled in the district or school who have reasonable access to in-person services at a district or school facility. Off-campus electronic instruction for a course or program provided under this subsection may be provided synchronously or asynchronously. A student enrolled in a course or program provided under this subsection shall be counted toward the district's or school's average daily attendance in the same manner as other district or school students, except that the total number of students counted under this subsection may not exceed 10 percent of the district's or school's total student enrollment. In adopting rules under Subsection (b), the commissioner shall provide for a method of taking attendance, once each school day, for students enrolled in a course or program provided under this subsection.