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Senate passes bill to expand and codify virtual education options in public schools
Summary
Committee substitute for Senate Bill 569 passed the Senate 28-2 on March 13; sponsors said the bill consolidates virtual education rules, provides funding and accountability, and implements recommendations from the Texas Commission on Virtual Education.
Senators on March 13 passed committee substitute for Senate Bill 569, a measure the sponsor described as a unified statutory framework for virtual education in Texas public schools.
Senator Bettencourt moved final passage of the committee substitute, saying the measure "creates a single unified section of the code to provide flexibility, accessibility, and reactivity for our Texas students needed to succeed through digital learning" and that the bill is "based upon unanimous and bipartisan recommendations of the Texas Commission on Virtual Education." On the floor, Bettencourt argued…
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