By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1468       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to curriculum and eligibility requirements for the   provision of local remote learning to qualify for state funding and   calculation of average daily attendance.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 29.926 to read as follows:          Sec. 29.926.  LOCAL REMOTE LEARNING. (a) A school district   may develop procedures and curriculum to provide instruction   through virtual courses or programs provided only to district   students and that are not provided as part of the state virtual   school network under Chapter 30A.          (b)  A student may only be determined eligible for   instruction by local remote learning under this section if the   student:                (1)  is entitled to admission to the district under   Section 25.001(b) or is a child of an employee of the district and   has been accepted as a transfer in accordance with local policy;                (2)  is enrolled in the district at all times while   participating in local remote learning; and                (3)  meets any additional criteria, as established by   school district, to qualify for local remote learning.          (c)  This chapter does not affect the provision of   instruction to a student located on the physical premises of a   school district.          (d)  Virtual courses offered under this section are not   subject to the requirements of Chapter 30A.          SECTION 2.  Section 48.005(h), Education Code, is amended by   adding Section 48.005(h-1) which reads as follows:          (h-1)  The time that a student participates in local remote   learning under Section 29.926 shall be counted as part of the   minimum number of instructional hours required for a student to be   considered a full-time student in average daily attendance for   purposes of this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2021.