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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a |
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public school, the satisfaction of teacher certification |
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requirements through an internship teaching certain virtual |
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courses, and the allotment for certain special-purpose school |
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districts under the Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.051(g), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) Rules proposed by the board under Section 21.044(a) or |
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this section may allow a candidate to satisfy certification |
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requirements through an internship that provides the candidate |
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employment as a teacher for courses offered through a local remote |
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learning program under Section 29.9091 or the state virtual school |
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network under Chapter 30A. [This subsection expires September 1, |
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2023.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.092(a-4), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-4) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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may adopt a policy to exempt students from the requirements of this |
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section for one or more courses identified in the policy that are |
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offered under a local remote learning program under Section |
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29.9091. [This subsection expires September 1, 2023.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.9091(r), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(r) In calculating under Subsection (q) the number of |
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students that may be enrolled in a local remote learning program, a |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school shall count |
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students who spend at least half of the student's instructional |
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time during the [2021-2022] school year [or 2022-2023 school year, |
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as applicable,] enrolled in virtual courses or receiving remote |
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instruction, other than by enrollment in electronic courses offered |
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through the state virtual school network under Chapter 30A, |
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including students enrolled in virtual courses or who received |
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remote instruction during the [2021-2022] school year [or 2022-2023 |
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school year, as applicable,] because the student was: |
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(1) medically fragile; |
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(2) placed in a virtual setting by an admission, |
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review, and dismissal committee; or |
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(3) receiving accommodations under Section 504, |
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794). |
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SECTION 4. Section 48.005(h-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(h-1) Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under |
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Section 48.007(b), time that a student participates in a course or |
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program provided under Section 48.0071(b) shall be counted as part |
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of the minimum number of instructional hours required for a student |
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to be considered a full-time student in average daily attendance |
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for purposes of this section. [This subsection expires September |
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1, 2023.] |
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SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Education Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 29.9091(s); |
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(2) Section 39.0549(d); |
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(3) Section 39.301(c-2); |
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(4) Section 48.005(m-2); |
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(5) Section 48.0071(d); and |
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(6) Section 48.053(b-2). |
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SECTION 6. 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 August 31, 2023. |