Section 29.928 - Study on Competency-Based Educational Programs(a) The agency shall conduct a study on the implementation of competency-based educational programs by public schools in the state.(b) The study must analyze methods of: (1) providing funding for competency-based educational programs that do not rely on average daily attendance;(2) assessing the performance of competency-based educational programs under the public school accountability system; and(3) providing competency-based educational programs to nontraditional students, including adult students.(c) The agency may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source to fund the study.(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.(e) This section expires September 1, 2023.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 478,Sec. 2, eff. 6/14/2021.Texas Education Agency is required to implement Section 29.928, Education Code, as added by this Act, only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the agency may, but is not required to, implement that section using other money available for that purpose