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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to measures to support public school students at risk of |
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dropping out of school, including average daily attendance for the |
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optional flexible school day program and the dropout recovery |
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school and residential placement facility allotment under the |
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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 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration |
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of this section, including rules establishing application |
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requirements. Subject to Subsections [Subsection] (d-1) and (d-2), |
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the commissioner shall calculate average daily attendance for |
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students served under this section. The commissioner shall allow |
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accumulations of hours of instruction for students whose schedule |
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would not otherwise allow full state funding. Funding under this |
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subsection shall be determined based on the number of instructional |
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days in the school district calendar and a seven-hour school day, |
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but attendance may be cumulated over a school year, including any |
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summer or vacation session. The attendance of students who |
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accumulate less than the number of attendance hours required under |
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this subsection shall be proportionately reduced for funding |
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purposes. The commissioner may: |
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(1) set maximum funding amounts for an individual |
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course under this section; and |
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(2) limit funding for the attendance of a student |
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described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to |
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funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn |
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class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under |
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Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive |
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without retaking the class. |
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(d-2) In calculating average daily attendance for students |
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served under this section, the commissioner may not limit the |
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number of hours of instruction that may be accumulated by a student |
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in a particular reporting period, except that the total number of |
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hours of instruction accumulated by a student for a school year may |
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not exceed the equivalent of one student in average daily |
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attendance with a 100 percent attendance rate for that school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.153, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.153. DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOL AND RESIDENTIAL |
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PLACEMENT FACILITY ALLOTMENT. A school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school is entitled to $500 [$275] for each student in |
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average daily attendance who: |
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(1) resides in a residential placement facility; [or] |
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(2) is provided services by a private or public |
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community-based dropout recovery education program or education |
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management organization described by Section 29.081(e) while the |
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student is enrolled at the district or school campus in whose |
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attendance zone or geographic area served the student resides; or |
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(3) is at a district or school or a campus of the |
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district or school that is designated as a dropout recovery school |
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under Section 39.0548. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |