Bill Text: TX HB5292 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to special education funding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Public Education [HB5292 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5292-Introduced.html

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By: Bryant H.B. No. 5292

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to special education funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.102, Education Code, is amended to
add Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) To address the extraordinary gap in school district
expenses for special education, a school district with two prior
consecutive years of expenditures for students with disabilities
that exceed the amount of the allotment under this section received
in those years is entitled to additional funding in an amount that
would compensate the district for the amount of the difference in
funding.
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, 2023.