Bill Text: TX HB2760 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the state virtual school network, including funding and the provision of courses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Public Education [HB2760 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2760-Introduced.html
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By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 2760 |
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relating to the state virtual school network, including funding and | ||
the provision of courses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 26.0031(c-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
may decline to pay the cost for a student of more than three | ||
yearlong electronic courses, or the equivalent, during any school | ||
year. This subsection does not[ |
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additional electronic courses at the student's cost[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 30A.101(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) A nonprofit entity, private entity, or corporation is | ||
eligible to act as a course provider under this chapter only if the | ||
nonprofit entity, private entity, or corporation: | ||
(1) complies with all applicable federal and state | ||
laws prohibiting discrimination; | ||
(2) demonstrates financial solvency; and | ||
(3) either: | ||
(A) provides evidence of prior successful | ||
experience offering online courses to kindergarten or elementary, | ||
middle, or high school students, with demonstrated student success | ||
in course completion and performance, as determined by the | ||
commissioner; or | ||
(B) provides evidence that it is capable of | ||
carrying out the responsibilities of a course provider and is | ||
likely to provide high quality courses, as determined by the | ||
commissioner. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 30A.104(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A course offered through the state virtual school | ||
network must: | ||
(1) be in a specific subject that is part of the | ||
required curriculum under Section 28.002(a); | ||
(2) be aligned with the essential knowledge and skills | ||
identified under Section 28.002(c) for a grade level at or above | ||
kindergarten [ |
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(3) be the equivalent in instructional rigor and scope | ||
to a course that is provided in a traditional classroom setting | ||
during: | ||
(A) a semester of 90 instructional days; and | ||
(B) a school day that meets the minimum length of | ||
a school day required under Section 25.082. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 30A.151(f), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(f) For a full-time electronic course program offered | ||
through the state virtual school network for a grade level at or | ||
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eight, a school district or open-enrollment charter school is | ||
entitled to receive federal, state, and local funding for a student | ||
enrolled in the program in an amount equal to the funding the | ||
district or school would otherwise receive for a student enrolled | ||
in the district or school. The district or school may calculate the | ||
average daily attendance of a student enrolled in the program based | ||
on: | ||
(1) hours of contact with the student; | ||
(2) the student's successful completion of a course; | ||
or | ||
(3) a method approved by the commissioner. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 30A.153(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A [ |
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which a student is enrolled is entitled to funding under Chapter 42 | ||
or in accordance with the terms of a charter granted under Section | ||
12.101 for the student's enrollment in an electronic course offered | ||
through the state virtual school network in the same manner that the | ||
district or school is entitled to funding for the student's | ||
enrollment in courses provided in a traditional classroom setting, | ||
provided that the student successfully completes the electronic | ||
course. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 30A.153(a-1), Education Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |