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1	1		By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 161
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed November 10, 2014; January 27, 2015,
3		-	read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
4		-	May 5, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 2015,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 161 By: Rodríguez
	2	+	Garcia, West
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11	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	6		AN ACT
13	7		relating to a study regarding the costs of educating students of
14	8		limited English proficiency in public schools.
15	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
17	11		amended by adding Section 29.068 to read as follows:
18	12		Sec. 29.068. STUDY REGARDING COSTS OF EDUCATING STUDENTS OF
19	13		LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; REPORT. (a) The agency shall conduct
20	14		a study to examine the costs of educating a student of limited
21	15		English proficiency in public schools. The study must:
22	16		(1) determine whether the bilingual education
23	17		allotment under Section 42.153 provides adequate funding to schools
24	18		for meeting the educational needs of students of limited English
25	19		proficiency;
26	20		(2) if it is determined under Subdivision (1) that the
27	21		bilingual education allotment is inadequate, determine the amount
28	22		of adjustment for the bilingual education allotment that would
29	23		provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the educational
30		-	needs of students of limited English proficiency; ~~and~~
	24	+	needs of students of limited English proficiency;
31	25		(3) determine whether the educational needs of
32	26		students of limited English proficiency and the costs of meeting
33	27		those needs vary by grade level from kindergarten through the 12th
34		-	grade.
	28	+	grade; and
	29	+	(4) identify measures that may lower costs and improve
	30	+	outcomes, including the following measures:
	31	+	(A) implementation of:
	32	+	(i) new technologies;
	33	+	(ii) new teaching mediums; and
	34	+	(iii) new teaching techniques; and
	35	+	(B) changes to the duration of the academic
	36	+	calendar and school day.
35	37		(b) Not later than January 1, 2016, the agency shall prepare
36	38		a report detailing the results of the study under this section and
37	39		submit the report to each standing legislative committee with
38	40		primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education.
39	41		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
40	42		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
41	43		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
42	44		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
43	45		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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