87S20452 MM-D     By: Dominguez H.B. No. 203       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring public schools to offer a virtual learning   option during a disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 29.9092 to read as follows:          Sec. 29.9092.  VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTION DURING DISASTER. (a)     During any school year in which a school district's or   open-enrollment charter school's operations, including in-person   attendance, are disrupted due to a disaster declared by the   president of the United States under the Robert T. Stafford   Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section   5121 et seq.) or by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code,   the district or school shall offer to the district's or school's   students a virtual learning option through which students may   attend school virtually.          (b)  A student enrolled in a virtual learning option under   this section shall be counted toward the school district's or   open-enrollment charter school's average daily attendance in the   same manner as other district or school students. The commissioner   shall adopt rules providing for a method of taking attendance, once   each school day, for students enrolled in a virtual learning   option.          (c)  Chapter 30A does not apply to a virtual course offered   under a virtual learning option under this section.          SECTION 2.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.