Bill Text: TX HB2818 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program for students at risk of dropping out of school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Left pending in committee [HB2818 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2818-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 2818 |
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relating to an Internet online dropout recovery education program | ||
for students at risk of dropping out of school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (e-2) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e-2) An Internet online dropout recovery education program | ||
must: | ||
(1) include as a part of its curriculum credentials, | ||
certifications, or other course offerings that relate directly to | ||
employment opportunities in the state; | ||
(2) employ as faculty and administrators persons with | ||
baccalaureate or advanced degrees; | ||
(3) provide an academic coach and local advocate for | ||
each student; | ||
(4) use an individual learning plan to monitor each | ||
student's progress; | ||
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district regarding the student's progress; | ||
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performance indicators and accountability standards adopted for | ||
alternative education programs by the commissioner; and | ||
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under this title except as otherwise provided by this subsection. | ||
(f-1) An Internet online dropout recovery education program | ||
is not subject to commissioner rules applicable to an optional | ||
flexible school day program under Section 29.0822 regarding minutes | ||
of instruction and calculation of average daily attendance. For | ||
the purposes of calculating attendance for an Internet online | ||
dropout recovery education program, the commissioner shall: | ||
(1) consider a student to be scheduled for and | ||
receiving instruction for 55 minutes per day for each course taken | ||
for purposes of determining whether the student satisfies the | ||
requirements of half-day or full-day enrollment; | ||
(2) consider a student who is enrolled for five | ||
semester courses to be in attendance for each day of instruction in | ||
the reporting period for purposes of establishing the student's | ||
daily attendance; | ||
(3) calculate the final average daily attendance of | ||
the program based on successful student completion of semester | ||
courses in which students were enrolled using course completion | ||
data reported by the district; | ||
(4) adjust the average daily attendance based on | ||
students' failure to complete semester courses; and | ||
(5) adjust the amount of funding provided under the | ||
Foundation School Program during the following school year based on | ||
any adjustment made under Subdivision (4). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |