Bill Text: TX HB55 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing fiscal flexibility through the provision of state aid for certain juvenile justice alternative education programs that enter into certain revenue sharing agreements.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-07 - Referred to Corrections [HB55 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB55-Introduced.html

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82S10269 EAH-F
By: McClendon H.B. No. 55

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing fiscal flexibility through the provision of
state aid for certain juvenile justice alternative education
programs that enter into certain revenue sharing agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) This section applies only to a juvenile
justice alternative education program that, for the 2005-2006
school year, received funding as a result of an agreement between
school districts under Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Education Code.
(b) A juvenile justice alternative education program is
entitled to state aid under this section in an amount equal to:
(1) for the 2011-2012 school year, the difference
between:
(A) the funding the program received as a result
of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E,
Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and
(B) the funding the program receives as a result
of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E,
Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2011-2012 school year; and
(2) for the 2012-2013 school year, the difference
between:
(A) the funding the program received as a result
of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E,
Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and
(B) the funding the program receives as a result
of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E,
Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2012-2013 school year.
(c) The commissioner of education shall:
(1) determine the amount of state aid to which a
juvenile justice alternative education program is entitled under
this section; and
(2) distribute the aid in 10 equal monthly
installments:
(A) for the 2011-2012 school year, beginning with
September 2011 and ending with June 2012; and
(B) for the 2012-2013 school year, beginning with
September 2012 and ending with June 2013.
(d) To fund a distribution authorized under Subsection
(c)(2), the commissioner of education may reallocate money in the
Texas Education Agency's budget, to the extent otherwise authorized
by law, or use other available funds.
(e) The commissioner of education shall adopt rules to
implement this section.
(f) A determination of the commissioner of education under
this section is final and may not be appealed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.