H.B. No. 771 AN ACT relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 96.707(k), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (k) For each student enrolled in the academy, the academy is entitled to allotments from the Foundation School Program under Chapter 42 as if the academy were a school district without a tier one local share for purposes of Section 42.253 [, except that the academy has a local share applied that is equivalent to the local fund assignment of the Beaumont Independent School District]. SECTION 2. Section 96.707(k), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 771 was passed by the House on May 4, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 12, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 771 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor