By: Huffines, Campbell S.B. No. 610     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on expanding the state virtual school network.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 30A, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 30A.116 to read as follows:          Sec. 30A.116.  STUDY ON EXPANSION TO CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS.     (a)  The agency, using existing resources, shall conduct a study   regarding the feasibility of offering a full-time electronic course   program for a grade level at or above kindergarten and below grade   level three.  The study must consider:                (1)  whether offering courses through the virtual   school network to students in those grade levels is appropriate;   and                (2)  the academic impact on students in those grade   levels of offering courses through the virtual school network to   those students.          (b)  Not later than September 1, 2018, the agency shall   submit to the commissioner and each legislative standing committee   with primary jurisdiction over public education a report that   includes:                (1)  the results of the study conducted under this   section; and                (2)  recommendations regarding offering courses   through the virtual school network to students in a grade level at   or above kindergarten and below grade level three.          (c)  This section expires January 1, 2019.          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 September 1, 2017.