Bill Text: TX HB31 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school and the allotment for certain special-purpose school districts under the Foundation School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-30 - Filed [HB31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB31-Introduced.html
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| By: Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 31 | |
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| relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a | ||
| public school and the allotment for certain special-purpose school | ||
| districts under the Foundation School Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.092(a-4), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a-4) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| may adopt a policy to exempt students from the requirements of this | ||
| section for one or more courses identified in the policy that are | ||
| offered under a local remote learning program under Section | ||
| 29.9091. [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 29.9091(r), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (r) In calculating under Subsection (q) the number of | ||
| students that may be enrolled in a local remote learning program, a | ||
| school district or open-enrollment charter school shall count | ||
| students who spend at least half of the student's instructional | ||
| time during the [ |
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| instruction, other than by enrollment in electronic courses offered | ||
| through the state virtual school network under Chapter 30A, | ||
| including students enrolled in virtual courses or who received | ||
| remote instruction during the [ |
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| (1) medically fragile; | ||
| (2) placed in a virtual setting by an admission, | ||
| review, and dismissal committee; or | ||
| (3) receiving accommodations under Section 504, | ||
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 48.005(h-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (h-1) Subject to rules adopted by the commissioner under | ||
| Section 48.007(b), time that a student participates in a course or | ||
| program provided under Section 48.0071(b) shall be counted as part | ||
| of the minimum number of instructional hours required for a student | ||
| to be considered a full-time student in average daily attendance | ||
| for purposes of this section. [ |
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| SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Education Code | ||
| are repealed: | ||
| (1) Section 29.9091(s); | ||
| (2) Section 39.0549(d); | ||
| (3) Section 39.301(c-2); | ||
| (4) Section 48.005(m-2); | ||
| (5) Section 48.0071(d); and | ||
| (6) Section 48.053(b-2). | ||
| SECTION 5. 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 August 31, 2023. | ||
