Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4311 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/08/2019

                            86R15106 MEW-D
 By: Dutton H.B. No. 4311


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for
 certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been
 incarcerated.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
 amended by adding Section 42.169 to read as follows:
 Sec. 42.169.  ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH INCARCERATED
 PARENT. For each student who has a parent or legal guardian who has
 been incarcerated in a penal institution, as defined by Section
 1.07, Penal Code, during the school year for which the allotment is
 provided, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment
 equal to the district's adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 1.1.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.