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      88(3) HB 82 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Schaefer
            H.B.  No.  82
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to a parent-directed supplemental services and 
         
            instructional materials program for public school students; 
         
            authorizing a fee.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding 
         
            Subchapter R to read as follows:
         
            SUBCHAPTER R.  PARENT-DIRECTED SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES PROGRAM
         
                          Sec.  29.751.    DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
         
                                      (1)    "Parent" has the meaning assigned by Section 
         
            29.041.
         
                                      (2)    "Supplemental instructional materials" includes 
         
            textbooks, computer hardware or software, other technological 
         
            devices, and other materials suitable for addressing an educational 
         
            need of a public school student.
         
                                      (3)    "Supplemental services" means an additive service 
         
            that provides an educational benefit to a public school student 
         
            including:
         
                                                  (A)    virtual, advanced, and trade-related 
         
            programs;
         
                                                  (B)    extracurricular activities;
         
                                                  (C)    private tutoring and other supplemental 
         
            private instruction or programs; and
         
                                                  (D)    college credit.
         
                          Sec.  29.752.    ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.  
         
            (a)  The agency by rule shall establish and administer a 
         
            parent-directed program for public school students through which a 
         
            parent of a student who meets the eligibility requirements for 
         
            participation in the program may select supplemental services and 
         
            supplemental instructional materials for use by the parent's 
         
            student. From funds appropriated for the purpose, the agency shall 
         
            provide each student approved for participation in the program 
         
            under this subchapter a grant as provided by Section 48.305 to 
         
            purchase supplemental services and supplemental instructional 
         
            materials.
         
                          (b)    In administering the program, the agency shall maintain 
         
            a system of online accounts to provide to an eligible student's 
         
            parent access to the grant described by Subsection (a).
         
                          (c)    The agency shall designate one or more regional 
         
            education service centers to administer the program under this 
         
            section.
         
                          (d)    The agency shall establish a procedure by which a 
         
            student may initiate a transfer of control of the account, from the 
         
            parent to the student, for the use of unexpended money in the 
         
            account at the time of the student's graduation in accordance with 
         
            Section 29.756(d).
         
                          Sec.  29.753.    APPLICATION FOR GRANT ON BEHALF OF STUDENT.  
         
            The agency shall establish an application process for an eligible 
         
            student's parent to apply for a grant held in an online account 
         
            maintained under Section 29.752(b) and assigned to the student 
         
            under Section 29.755.
         
                          Sec.  29.754.    PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.  (a)  The agency 
         
            shall establish eligibility criteria for the approval of an 
         
            application submitted under Section 29.753.  The criteria must 
         
            require that the student be enrolled in the current school year at a 
         
            school district or open-enrollment charter school.
         
                          (b)    The eligibility criteria established under this section 
         
            must also prioritize students for whom a school district or 
         
            open-enrollment charter school is entitled to the compensatory 
         
            education allotment under Section 48.104.
         
                          (c)    A student may receive a grant once under this subchapter 
         
            while enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. A student may 
         
            receive an additional grant under this subchapter if the 
         
            legislature appropriates money for that purpose.
         
                          Sec.  29.755.    APPROVAL OF APPLICATION; ASSIGNMENT OF 
         
            ACCOUNT.  The agency shall approve each student who meets the 
         
            program eligibility criteria established under Section 29.754 and 
         
            Statutes affected: 
Introduced:  ()



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a parent-directed supplemental services and
	instructional materials program for public school students;
	authorizing a fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter R to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER R. PARENT-DIRECTED SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES PROGRAM
	Sec. 29.751. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
	(1) "Parent" has the meaning assigned by Section
	29.041.
	(2) "Supplemental instructional materials" includes
	textbooks, computer hardware or software, other technological
	devices, and other materials suitable for addressing an educational
	need of a public school student.
	(3) "Supplemental services" means an additive service
	that provides an educational benefit to a public school student
	including:
	(A) virtual, advanced, and trade-related
	programs;
	(B) extracurricular activities;
	(C) private tutoring and other supplemental
	private instruction or programs; and
	(D) college credit.
	Sec. 29.752. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.
	(a) The agency by rule shall establish and administer a
	parent-directed program for public school students through which a
	parent of a student who meets the eligibility requirements for
	participation in the program may select supplemental services and
	supplemental instructional materials for use by the parent's
	student. From funds appropriated for the purpose, the agency shall
	provide each student approved for participation in the program
	under this subchapter a grant as provided by Section 48.305 to
	purchase supplemental services and supplemental instructional
	materials.
	(b) In administering the program, the agency shall maintain
	a system of online accounts to provide to an eligible student's
	parent access to the grant described by Subsection (a).
	(c) The agency shall designate one or more regional
	education service centers to administer the program under this
	section.
	(d) The agency shall establish a procedure by which a
	student may initiate a transfer of control of the account, from the
	parent to the student, for the use of unexpended money in the
	account at the time of the student's graduation in accordance with
	Section 29.756(d).
	Sec. 29.753. APPLICATION FOR GRANT ON BEHALF OF STUDENT.
	The agency shall establish an application process for an eligible
	student's parent to apply for a grant held in an online account
	maintained under Section 29.752(b) and assigned to the student
	under Section 29.755.
	Sec. 29.754. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. (a) The agency
	shall establish eligibility criteria for the approval of an
	application submitted under Section 29.753. The criteria must
	require that the student be enrolled in the current school year at a
	school district or open-enrollment charter school.
	(b) The eligibility criteria established under this section
	must also prioritize students for whom a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school is entitled to the compensatory
	education allotment under Section 48.104.
	(c) A student may receive a grant once under this subchapter
	while enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. A student may
	receive an additional grant under this subchapter if the
	legislature appropriates money for that purpose.
	Sec. 29.755. APPROVAL OF APPLICATION; ASSIGNMENT OF
	ACCOUNT. The agency shall approve each student who meets the
	program eligibility criteria established under Section 29.754 and
	Statutes affected: Introduced: ()