81R849 CAE-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 196
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for
certain students who are military dependents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (s), (s-1), (s-2), and (s-3) to read as follows:
(s) In addition to the allotment provided under Subsection
(a), a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to
$650:
(1) for each student in average daily attendance who
has a parent or guardian who is serving on active duty in a combat
zone as a member of the armed forces of the United States; and
(2) for each student in average daily attendance who:
(A) has a parent or guardian serving on active
duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States; and
(B) has transferred to a campus in the district
during the school year as a result of a change in residence because
of an action taken under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687).
(s-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
a school district may use funds allotted to the district under
Subsection (s) only to provide supplemental programs and services
described by Subsection (c) for students described by Subsection
(s) who are enrolled in the district.
(s-2) The amount appropriated for allotments under
Subsection (s) may not exceed $9.9 million in a school year. If the
total amount of allotments to which districts are entitled under
Subsection (s) for a school year exceeds the amount appropriated
for allotments under that subsection, the commissioner shall reduce
each district's allotment under that subsection proportionately.
(s-3) Subsections (s), (s-1), (s-2), and this subsection
expire September 1, 2012.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.