Amends TCA Title 49.
ON APRIL 28, 2021, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 777, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that the department must compare an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year for purposes of this bill prior to any adjustments to the instructional salaries and wages and instructional benefits categories of the BEP in each respective year. This amendment adds that: (1) This bill only applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws as provided in the present law provisions governing attendance, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules, which require LEAs to track student attendance daily when students are participating in remote instruction; and (2) In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA must implement policies and procedures for the LEA to request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during remote instruction.
ON APRIL 28, 2021, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 777, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that the department must compare an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year for purposes of this bill prior to any adjustments to the instructional salaries and wages and instructional benefits categories of the BEP in each respective year. This amendment adds that: (1) This bill only applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws as provided in the present law provisions governing attendance, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules, which require LEAs to track student attendance daily when students are participating in remote instruction; and (2) In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA must implement policies and procedures for the LEA to request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during remote instruction.
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