1. (a) The commissioner may, based on criteria developed by the commissioner, approve instructional programs provided off campus by an entity other than a school district or open-enrollment charter school as a program in which participation by a student of a district or charter school may be counted for purposes of determining average daily attendance in accordance with Section 48.005(h).

2. (b) The commissioner shall adopt by rule verification and reporting procedures concerning time spent by students participating in instructional programs approved under Subsection (a).

   Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.0052 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.015, eff. September 1, 2019.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 797 (H.B. 2812), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2015.