Bill Text: TX HB868 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for students with dyslexia or related disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB868 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB868-Introduced.html
  85R3490 KKA-F
 
  By: Miller H.B. No. 868
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for
  students with dyslexia or related disorders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.006(a-1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The commissioner by rule shall require each school
  district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
  Public Education Information Management System information
  regarding the number of students enrolled in the district or school
  who are identified as having dyslexia or related disorders.  The
  agency shall maintain the information provided in accordance with
  this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 42.1561 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.1561.  ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENT WITH DYSLEXIA OR
  RELATED DISORDER. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), for each student
  that a school district serves who has been identified as having
  dyslexia or a related disorder, the district is entitled to an
  annual allotment equal to the district's adjusted basic allotment
  as determined under Section 42.102 or Section 42.103, as
  applicable, multiplied by 0.2 for each school year or a greater
  amount provided by appropriation.
         (b)  A school district is entitled to the allotment under
  Subsection (a) only for a student who:
               (1)  is receiving instruction that:
                     (A)  meets applicable dyslexia program criteria
  established by the agency; and
                     (B)  is provided by a person with specific
  training in providing that instruction; or
               (2)  has received the instruction described by
  Subdivision (1) and is permitted, on the basis of having dyslexia or
  a related disorder, to use modifications in the classroom and
  accommodations in the administration of assessment instruments
  under Section 39.023.
         (c)  Funds allotted under this section must be used in
  providing services to students with dyslexia or related disorders.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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