86R1684 CAE-D
By: Bernal H.B. No. 202
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study regarding the costs of educating educationally
disadvantaged students and students of limited English proficiency
in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.067 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.067. STUDY REGARDING COSTS OF EDUCATING
EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF LIMITED
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; REPORT. (a) The agency shall conduct a study
to examine the costs of educating a student who is educationally
disadvantaged and a student of limited English proficiency in
public schools. The study must:
(1) determine whether the compensatory education
allotment under Section 42.152 provides adequate funding to schools
for meeting the educational needs of students who are educationally
disadvantaged;
(2) if it is determined under Subdivision (1) that the
compensatory education allotment is inadequate, determine the
amount of adjustment for the compensatory education allotment that
would provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the
educational needs of students who are educationally disadvantaged;
(3) determine whether the bilingual education
allotment under Section 42.153 provides adequate funding to schools
for meeting the educational needs of students of limited English
proficiency; and
(4) if it is determined under Subdivision (3) that the
bilingual education allotment is inadequate, determine the amount
of adjustment for the bilingual education allotment that would
provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the educational
needs of students of limited English proficiency.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the agency shall prepare
a report detailing the results of the study under this section and
submit the report to each standing legislative committee with
primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.