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  By: Taylor of Galveston  S.B. No. 2084
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 28, 2017, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 8, 2017,
  reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
  following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2084 By:  Taylor of Collin
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to calculation of average daily attendance for public
  school students in blended learning programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
         (g-1)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to calculate
  average daily attendance for students participating in a blended
  learning program in which classroom instruction is supplemented
  with applied workforce learning opportunities, including
  participation of students in internships, externships, and
  apprenticeships.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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.
 
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