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  89R23980 KJE-F     By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3622     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3622:     By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 3622       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to measures to support public school students at risk of   dropping out of school, including average daily attendance for the   optional flexible school day program and the dropout recovery   school and residential placement facility allotment under the   Foundation School Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.0822, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as   follows:          (d)  The commissioner may adopt rules for the administration   of this section, including rules establishing application   requirements.  Subject to Subsections [ Subsection ] (d-1) and (d-2) ,   the commissioner shall calculate average daily attendance for   students served under this section.  The commissioner shall allow   accumulations of hours of instruction for students whose schedule   would not otherwise allow full state funding.  Funding under this   subsection shall be determined based on the number of instructional   days in the school district calendar and a seven-hour school day,   but attendance may be cumulated over a school year, including any   summer or vacation session.  The attendance of students who   accumulate less than the number of attendance hours required under   this subsection shall be proportionately reduced for funding   purposes.  The commissioner may:                (1)  set maximum funding amounts for an individual   course under this section; and                (2)  limit funding for the attendance of a student   described by Subsection (a)(3) in a course under this section to   funding only for the attendance necessary for the student to earn   class credit that, as a result of attendance requirements under   Section 25.092, the student would not otherwise be able to receive   without retaking the class.           (d-2)     In calculating average daily attendance for students   served under this section, the commissioner may not limit the   number of hours of instruction that may be accumulated by a student   in a particular reporting period, except that the total number of   hours of instruction accumulated by a student for a school year may   not exceed the equivalent of one student in average daily   attendance with a 100 percent attendance rate for that school year.          SECTION 2.  Section 48.153, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 48.153.  DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOL AND RESIDENTIAL   PLACEMENT FACILITY ALLOTMENT.  A school district or open-enrollment   charter school is entitled to $500 [ $275 ] for each student in   average daily attendance who:                (1)  resides in a residential placement facility; [ or ]                (2)   is provided services by a private or public   community-based dropout recovery education program or education   management organization described by Section 29.081(e) while the   student is enrolled at the district or school campus in whose   attendance zone or geographic area served the student resides; or                 (3)   is at a district or school or a campus of the   district or school that is designated as a dropout recovery school   under Section 39.0548.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.