Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

This bill revises provisions of the Course Access Program Act, as discussed below. Under present law, the Act allows students in grades 7-12 who are enrolled in a public school in this state, including a public charter school, to enroll in courses provided by a nonprofit entity, LEA, charter school or charter management organization, institution of higher education, or state agency, that has been approved by the state board to offer individual courses in person or online and that has been included in the listing of providers in the course access catalog. This bill limits enrollment in the program to students in 9-12. Under present law, an eligible student may enroll in courses provided through the course access program only if the student meets all prerequisites for the course and the student is unable to enroll in a comparable course at the student's school because either a comparable course is not offered or a legitimate situation exists that prevents the student from enrolling in a comparable course. This bill removes the provision for enrollment based on the existence of a legitimate situation exists that prevents the student from enrolling in a comparable course. Present law authorizes the state board to establish reasons and requirements for the exclusion of courses from the course access catalog. This bill specifies that the state board may exclude a course from the course access catalog if the course is offered by a school that was issued a "D" or "F" letter grade by the department of education on the most recent state report card.