This amendment expands the bill to include virtual and online education programs in school accessibility provisions, establishes average daily membership (ADM) counting for competency-based and distance education students, and requires state superintendent rulemaking.
- Adds 'virtually or' to the phrase describing how students attend school, and adds language about modifying ADM for students completing competency-based equivalency examinations and requiring rulemaking. (Page 1, lines 1-7)
- Changes 'an' to singular and modifies 'date' to 'dates' in the applicability section. (Page 1, line 9)
- Adds language explicitly including virtual, online, and long-distance education programs in the scope of accessible education. (Page 2, lines 1-12)
- Establishes new Section 2 requiring that students completing competency-based equivalency examinations or enrolled in virtual/online/long-distance education be counted in average daily membership for the remainder of the semester, and requires the state superintendent to promulgate rules for the education resource block grant model to implement this provision. (Page 3, lines 14-34)
- Renumbers the original Section 2 to Section 3. (Page 3, line 36)
- Adds new Section 4 requiring all agency rules authorized or required under the act to be promulgated or repromulgated by July 1, 2026. (Page 3, lines 38-43)
- Replaces the original effective date provision with a new Section 5 that makes the act effective July 1, 2026, except for Section 2 and Section 4, which are effective immediately upon completion of all constitutional requirements for bill enactment. (Page 3, lines 1-11)
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