Bill Text: TX HB2453 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for students with dyslexia or related disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2453-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 2453 | |
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| relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for | ||
| students with dyslexia or related disorders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.006(a-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school | ||
| district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the | ||
| Public Education Information Management System information | ||
| regarding the number of students enrolled in the district or school | ||
| who are identified as having dyslexia or related disorders. The | ||
| agency shall maintain the information provided in accordance with | ||
| this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 42.1561 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.1561. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENT WITH DYSLEXIA OR | ||
| RELATED DISORDER. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), for each student | ||
| that a school district serves who has been identified as having | ||
| dyslexia or a related disorder, the district is entitled to an | ||
| annual allotment equal to the district's adjusted basic allotment | ||
| as determined under Section 42.102 or Section 42.103, as | ||
| applicable, multiplied by 0.2 for each school year or a greater | ||
| amount provided by appropriation. | ||
| (b) A school district is entitled to the allotment under | ||
| Subsection (a) only for a student who: | ||
| (1) is receiving instruction that: | ||
| (A) meets applicable dyslexia program criteria | ||
| established by the agency; and | ||
| (B) is provided by a person with specific | ||
| training in providing that instruction; or | ||
| (2) has received the instruction described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) and is permitted, on the basis of having dyslexia or | ||
| a related disorder, to use modifications in the classroom and | ||
| accommodations in the administration of assessment instruments | ||
| under Section 39.023. | ||
| (c) Funds allotted under this section must be used in | ||
| providing services to students with dyslexia or related disorders. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
