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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for school |
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districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain |
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students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.0051, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), the commissioner shall |
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adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner |
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provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school: |
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(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of |
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operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 |
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and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 180 |
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days of instruction as provided by Subsection (a-2); and |
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(2) offers an additional 30 days of half-day |
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instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth |
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grade. |
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(a-2) To be eligible for the adjustment to the average daily |
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attendance under Subsection (a), a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school is only required to provide the |
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minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time |
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described by Subsection (a)(1) over at least 180 days of |
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instruction for students to whom the district or school offers the |
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additional 30 days of half-day instruction. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |