Bill Text: TX SB138 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the public school finance system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Education [SB138 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB138-Introduced.html

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86R3568 KJE-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 138

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. Section 42.153(a), Education Code, is 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:
(1) 0.1; or
(2) 0.3 if the student is in a bilingual education
program using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program
model.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.