| 1 | 1 | | By: Guillen, Marquez, Gonzales, Flores H.B. No. 636 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to allocation of state and federal funds for adult basic |
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| 7 | 7 | | education. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.255, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsections (c), (d), (d-1), and (e) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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| 12 | 12 | | the agency shall allocate state and federal adult basic education |
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| 13 | 13 | | funds, other than federal funds set aside for state administration, |
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| 14 | 14 | | special projects, and staff development, based on need. Funds |
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| 15 | 15 | | available to a service area in which there is no eligible adult |
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| 16 | 16 | | basic education service provider providing student contact hours |
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| 17 | 17 | | shall be distributed proportionally by the agency to other eligible |
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| 18 | 18 | | adult basic education service providers in the county. If there are |
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| 19 | 19 | | no other eligible adult basic education service providers in the |
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| 20 | 20 | | county, the funds allocated for that county shall be distributed |
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| 21 | 21 | | proportionally by the agency throughout the state to eligible adult |
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| 22 | 22 | | basic education service providers by service area. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d) The agency by rule shall establish a method by which |
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| 24 | 24 | | adult basic education service providers are paid on a student |
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| 25 | 25 | | contact hour and student performance and completion basis. In |
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| 26 | 26 | | adopting a method under this subsection, the agency shall require |
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| 27 | 27 | | that the total number of eligible student contact hours must be |
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| 28 | 28 | | based on the student's level of performance on a designated |
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| 29 | 29 | | literacy or basic skills test so that the number of eligible student |
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| 30 | 30 | | contact hours funded is increased for a student with a lower |
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| 31 | 31 | | performance level. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (d-1) Adult basic education service providers providing |
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| 33 | 33 | | student contact hours for the 2008-2009 school year are entitled to |
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| 34 | 34 | | at least the same level of student contact hours in the 2009-2010 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and 2010-2011 school years as the service provider provided in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2008-2009 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2011. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (e) The amount of state and federal adult basic education |
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| 38 | 38 | | funds, other than federal funds set aside for state administration, |
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| 39 | 39 | | special projects, and staff development, available for a school |
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| 40 | 40 | | year that exceeds the amount of state and federal adult basic |
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| 41 | 41 | | education funds, other than federal funds set aside for state |
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| 42 | 42 | | administration, special projects, and staff development, available |
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| 43 | 43 | | in the preceding school year shall be allocated to new student |
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| 44 | 44 | | contact hours. The agency may not set the student contact hour rate |
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| 45 | 45 | | for new student contact hours at a rate higher than the average rate |
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| 46 | 46 | | for student contact hours in the preceding school year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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