Bill Text: TX HB699 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the public school finance system.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB699-Introduced.html
| 86R1120 MEW-D | ||
| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 699 | |
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| relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the | ||
| public school finance system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 42.153(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a | ||
| bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, | ||
| Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to | ||
| the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 0.25 [ |
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| (b) Funds allocated under this section, other than an | ||
| indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education | ||
| rule, which may not exceed 45 percent, must be used in providing | ||
| bilingual education or special language programs under Subchapter | ||
| B, Chapter 29, and must be accounted for under existing agency | ||
| reporting and auditing procedures. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
