Bill > HSB557

Introduced Session

This bill modifies provisions related to English learner participation in open enrollment. The bill provides that if a parent or guardian files a request for an English learner to open enroll, the request shall be granted only if the receiving district maintains a program to provide special instruction to English learners that is appropriate to meet the English learner’s educational needs and the enrollment of the English learner in the receiving district’s special instruction program would not cause the size of the class or caseload in that special instruction program in the receiving district to exceed the maximum class size or caseload, and if the English learner would be assigned to a general education class, there is sufficient classroom space in the general education class to which the English learner would be assigned. The bill establishes the amount that the English learner’s district of residence is required to pay to the receiving district. These provisions apply to open enrollment applications, requests, and notifications filed by a parent or guardian on or after the effective date of the bill. The bill makes other nonsubstantive terminology changes to Code section 282.18(7)(b)(1), which describes amounts that districts of residence are required to pay to receiving districts for students who open enroll.

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Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2363. (on 02/09/2026)

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