TITLE: Relating to the incentive for public schools that provide additional instructional minutes for all students.

SUMMARY: Relating to the incentive for public schools that provide additional instructional minutes for all students.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the incentive for public schools that provide additional instructional minutes for all students. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 48.0051, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 48.0051. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES [DAYS].SECTION 2. Sections 48.0051(a), (b), and (c), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) The [Subject to Subsection (a-1), the] commissioner shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school [: [(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 180 days of instruction; and [(2)] offers,over the minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner rules adopted under that section, an additional 12,600 minutes [30 days] of full-day [half-day] instruction for all students enrolled in the district or school [prekindergarten through fifth grade].(b) For a school district or open-enrollment charter school described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall increase the average daily attendance of the district or school under Section 48.005 by the amount that results from the quotient of the sum of attendance [by students described by Subsection (a)(2)] for each of the 12,600 [30] additional instructional minutes [days of half-day instruction] that are provided divided by 75,600 [180].(c) The commissioner may provide the incentive under this section to a school district or open-enrollment charter school that intended, but due to circumstances beyond the district's or school's control, including the occurrence of a natural disaster affecting the district or school, was unable to meet the requirement for instruction under Section 25.081 plus an additional 12,600 minutes [30 days] of full-day [half-day] instruction. The commissioner may proportionately reduce the incentive provided to a district or school described by this subsection. SECTION 3. Section 25.085(i), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a student enrolled in a school district is not required to attend school for any additional instructional minutes [days] described by Section 48.0051. SECTION 4. Section 48.0051(d), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.