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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a local remote learning program offered by certain |
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school districts or open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.9091, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (n) and (s) and adding Subsection (n-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(n) Except as otherwise provided under Subsection (e)(3) or |
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(n-1), a student enrolled in a virtual course offered under a local |
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remote learning program shall be counted toward the school |
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district's or open-enrollment charter school's average daily |
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attendance in the same manner as other district or school students. |
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The commissioner shall adopt rules providing for a method of taking |
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attendance, once each school day, for students enrolled in a |
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virtual course offered under a local remote learning program. |
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(n-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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that operates a local remote learning program is entitled to |
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funding under Chapters 46 and 48 or Section 12.106 for a student's |
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enrollment in a virtual course offered under the program only if the |
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student successfully completes the course. |
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(s) This section expires September 1, 2026 [2023]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2023. |