| 1 | 1 | | 81R2230 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: McClendon H.B. No. 145 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to state aid for certain juvenile justice alternative |
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| 8 | 8 | | education programs that enter into certain revenue sharing |
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| 9 | 9 | | agreements. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. (a) This section applies only to a juvenile |
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| 12 | 12 | | justice alternative education program that: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) is located in a county that has a population of |
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| 14 | 14 | | less than 1.4 million and contains at least 12 school districts; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) for the 2005-2006 school year, received funding as |
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| 16 | 16 | | a result of an agreement between school districts under Subchapter |
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| 17 | 17 | | E, Chapter 41, Education Code. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) To be entitled to state aid under this section, a |
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| 19 | 19 | | juvenile justice alternative education program that received funds |
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| 20 | 20 | | under an agreement under Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Education Code, |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the 2005-2006 school year must attempt to enter into similar |
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| 22 | 22 | | agreements for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years with each |
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| 23 | 23 | | school district that participated in an agreement for the 2005-2006 |
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| 24 | 24 | | school year with the program. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) A juvenile justice alternative education program is |
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| 26 | 26 | | entitled to state aid under this section in an amount equal to: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) for the 2009-2010 school year, the difference |
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| 28 | 28 | | between: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) the funding the program received as a result |
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| 30 | 30 | | of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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| 31 | 31 | | Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) the funding the program receives as a result |
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| 33 | 33 | | of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2009-2010 school year; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) for the 2010-2011 school year, the difference |
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| 36 | 36 | | between: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) the funding the program received as a result |
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| 38 | 38 | | of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) the funding the program receives as a result |
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| 41 | 41 | | of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2010-2011 school year. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) The commissioner of education shall: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) determine the amount of state aid to which a |
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| 45 | 45 | | juvenile justice alternative education program is entitled under |
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| 46 | 46 | | this section; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) distribute the aid in 10 equal monthly |
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| 48 | 48 | | installments: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) for the 2009-2010 school year, beginning with |
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| 50 | 50 | | September 2009 and ending with June 2010; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) for the 2010-2011 school year, beginning with |
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| 52 | 52 | | September 2010 and ending with June 2011. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (e) The commissioner of education shall adopt rules to |
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| 54 | 54 | | implement this section. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (f) A determination of the commissioner of education under |
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| 56 | 56 | | this section is final and may not be appealed. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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