Bill Text: TX HB2247 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to receive Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled in the Texas ChalleNGe Academy.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2247 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2247-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2247 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to | ||
| receive Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled in | ||
| the Texas ChalleNGe Academy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 431, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 431.0401 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 431.0401. TEXAS CHALLENGE ACADEMY. (a) For each | ||
| student enrolled in the Texas ChalleNGe Academy, the department is | ||
| entitled to allotments from the Foundation School Program under | ||
| Chapter 42, Education Code, as if the academy were a school district | ||
| without a tier one local share for purposes of Section 42.253, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| (b) The department shall contract with an appropriate | ||
| school district for the provision of educational services for | ||
| students enrolled in the academy. The school district with which | ||
| the department contracts shall be responsible for ensuring | ||
| compliance with any applicable regulatory requirements imposed | ||
| under the Education Code and enforced by the commissioner of | ||
| education and the Texas Education Agency. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2247 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 11, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2247 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
