Bill Text: TX HB3568 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a technology applications course allotment under the foundation school program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Left pending in committee [HB3568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3568-Introduced.html
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By: Bohac | H.B. No. 3568 |
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relating to the creation of a technology applications course | ||
allotment under the foundation school program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 42.1542 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.1542. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS COURSE ALLOTMENT. | ||
(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily | ||
attendance in an approved technology applications course, a | ||
district is entitled to: | ||
(1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic | ||
allotment multiplied by the weight specified in Section | ||
42.154(a)(1); and | ||
(2) the amount specified in Section 42.154(a)(2), if | ||
the student is enrolled in two or more advanced technology | ||
applications courses for a total of three or more credits. | ||
(b) In this section, "full-time equivalent" means 30 hours | ||
of contact a week between a student and technology applications | ||
course personnel. | ||
(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an | ||
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education | ||
rule, must be used in providing technology applications courses in | ||
grades 9 through 12. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, as effective | ||
September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not | ||
including the time students spend each day in special education | ||
programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream | ||
programs, [ |
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technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment | ||
is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment | ||
equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the | ||
following formula: | ||
A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR) | ||
where: | ||
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; | ||
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax | ||
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and | ||
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |