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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of enrollment for purposes of the special |
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education allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 48.102(a) and (j), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For each student enrolled [in average daily attendance] |
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in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in a |
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mainstream instructional arrangement, a school district is |
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entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if |
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applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under |
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Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by |
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1.15. For each full-time equivalent student enrolled [in average |
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daily attendance] in a special education program under Subchapter |
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A, Chapter 29, in an instructional arrangement other than a |
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mainstream instructional arrangement, a district is entitled to an |
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annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, |
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the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section |
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48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by a weight |
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determined according to instructional arrangement as follows: |
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Homebound5.0 |
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Hospital class3.0 |
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Speech therapy5.0 |
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Resource room3.0 |
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Self-contained, mild and moderate, |
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regular campus3.0 |
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Self-contained, severe, regular campus3.0 |
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Off home campus2.7 |
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Nonpublic day school1.7 |
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Vocational adjustment class2.3 |
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(j) A school district that provides an extended year program |
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required by federal law for special education students who may |
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regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75 |
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percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of |
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the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic |
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allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the |
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district is entitled for each full-time equivalent student enrolled |
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[in average daily attendance], multiplied by the amount designated |
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for the student's instructional arrangement under this section[, |
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for each day the program is provided divided by the number of days |
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in the minimum school year]. The total amount of state funding for |
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extended year services under this section may not exceed $10 |
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million per year. A school district may use funds received under |
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this section only in providing an extended year program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |