Bill Text: TX SB610 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study on expanding the state virtual school network.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Referred to Public Education [SB610 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB610-Engrossed.html
By: Huffines, Campbell | S.B. No. 610 |
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relating to a study on expanding the state virtual school network. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 30A, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 30A.116 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 30A.116. STUDY ON EXPANSION TO CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS. | ||
(a) The agency, using existing resources, shall conduct a study | ||
regarding the feasibility of offering a full-time electronic course | ||
program for a grade level at or above kindergarten and below grade | ||
level three. The study must consider: | ||
(1) whether offering courses through the virtual | ||
school network to students in those grade levels is appropriate; | ||
and | ||
(2) the academic impact on students in those grade | ||
levels of offering courses through the virtual school network to | ||
those students. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2018, the agency shall | ||
submit to the commissioner and each legislative standing committee | ||
with primary jurisdiction over public education a report that | ||
includes: | ||
(1) the results of the study conducted under this | ||
section; and | ||
(2) recommendations regarding offering courses | ||
through the virtual school network to students in a grade level at | ||
or above kindergarten and below grade level three. | ||
(c) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |