By: White (Senate Sponsor - Eckhardt) H.B. No. 3456
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational
institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for
purposes of certain budget reductions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.007, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the
governor, any money received by the district or appropriated to the
department for purposes of operating the district is considered to
be part of the foundation school program and is not subject to those
budget reductions.
SECTION 2. Section 29.259, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j-1) to read as follows:
(j-1) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the
governor, any money received by a nonprofit entity granted a
charter under this section or appropriated to the agency for
purposes of operating an adult education program under this section
is considered to be part of the foundation school program and is not
subject to those budget reductions.
SECTION 3. Section 30.025, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 30.025. FUNDING OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND
VISUALLY IMPAIRED. (a) The funding of the Texas School for the Blind
and Visually Impaired consists of:
(1) money the legislature specifically appropriates
to the school;
(2) money the agency allocates to the school under
this code;
(3) money paid under a contract or other agreement;
(4) money the school receives through a gift or
bequest;
(5) a payment the school receives from a school
district under Section 30.003; and
(6) the school's share of the available school fund and
payments to compensate for payments no longer made from the
available school fund as provided by Section 30.003(f).
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the
governor, any money received by the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired or appropriated to the agency for purposes of
operating the school is considered to be part of the foundation
school program and is not subject to those budget reductions.
SECTION 4. Section 30.056, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 30.056. FUNDING OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. (a)
The funding of the Texas School for the Deaf consists of:
(1) money the legislature specifically appropriates
for the school;
(2) money the agency allocates to the school under
this code;
(3) money paid under a contract or other agreement;
(4) money the school receives through a gift or
bequest;
(5) a payment the school receives from a school
district under Section 30.003; and
(6) the school's share of the available school fund and
payments to compensate for payments no longer made from the
available school fund as provided by Section 30.003(f).
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the
governor, any money received by the Texas School for the Deaf or
appropriated to the agency for purposes of operating the school is
considered to be part of the foundation school program and is not
subject to those budget reductions.
SECTION 5. Section 37.012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the
governor, any money received by a local juvenile probation
department or appropriated to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
for purposes of operating a juvenile justice alternative education
program is considered to be part of the foundation school program
and is not subject to those budget reductions.
SECTION 6. 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, 2021.
* * * * *