Text of section effective on September 01, 2020

Sec. 48.0051. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS. (a) 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 an additional 30 days of half-day instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth grade.

(a-1) A school district entitled to an incentive under this section and funding for a campus under Section 48.252 may receive only the incentive or funding for the campus, as applicable, that would result in the greater amount of funding.

(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 30 additional instructional days of half-day instruction that are provided divided by 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 30 days of half-day instruction. The commissioner may proportionately reduce the incentive provided to a district or school described by this subsection.

(d) This section does not prohibit a school district from providing the minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner rules adopted under that section over fewer than 180 days of instruction.

(e) The agency shall assist school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in qualifying for the incentive under this section.

(f) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may use funding attributable to the incentive provided under this section to pay costs associated with providing academic instruction in a voluntary summer program for students enrolled in the district or school.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.014, eff. September 1, 2020.