Bill Text: TX HB2632 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for students without disabilities residing in care and treatment facilities or state schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB2632 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2632-Introduced.html

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85R11903 MEW-F
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2632

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for
students without disabilities residing in care and treatment
facilities or state schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.1511 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.1511. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS RESIDING IN CARE AND
TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) For each student without a disability
residing in a care and treatment facility, other than a state
school, in a district in which the student's parent or legal
guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to an annual
allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 4.0.
For each student without a disability residing in a state school in
a district in which the student's parent or legal guardian does not
reside, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the
adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 2.8.
(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
assist districts in covering the expenses incurred by the district
in providing education services to a student residing in a care and
treatment facility or state school, including the costs associated
with:
(1) addressing the student's behavioral or
psychological issues that require additional personnel or
equipment; and
(2) training personnel to provide education services
to a student residing in a care and treatment facility or state
school.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.