| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4123 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the special education allotment. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Sections 48.102(a) and (j), Education Code, are |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (a) For each student [in average daily attendance] in a |
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| 11 | 11 | | special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in a |
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| 12 | 12 | | mainstream instructional arrangement, a school district is |
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| 13 | 13 | | entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if |
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| 14 | 14 | | applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.15. For each full-time equivalent student [in average daily |
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| 17 | 17 | | attendance] in a special education program under Subchapter A, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Chapter 29, in an instructional arrangement other than a mainstream |
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| 19 | 19 | | instructional arrangement, a district is entitled to an annual |
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| 20 | 20 | | allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to |
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| 22 | 22 | | which the district is entitled, multiplied by a weight determined |
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| 23 | 23 | | according to instructional arrangement as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Homebound5.0 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Hospital class3.0 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Speech therapy5.0 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Resource room3.0 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Self-contained, mild and moderate, |
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| 29 | 29 | | regular campus3.0 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Self-contained, severe, regular campus3.0 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Off home campus2.7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Nonpublic day school1.7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Vocational adjustment class2.3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (j) A school district that provides an extended year program |
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| 35 | 35 | | required by federal law for special education students who may |
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| 36 | 36 | | regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75 |
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| 37 | 37 | | percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic |
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| 39 | 39 | | allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the |
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| 40 | 40 | | district is entitled for each full-time equivalent student [in |
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| 41 | 41 | | average daily attendance], multiplied by the amount designated for |
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| 42 | 42 | | the student's instructional arrangement under this section[, for |
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| 43 | 43 | | each day the program is provided divided by the number of days in |
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| 44 | 44 | | the minimum school year]. The total amount of state funding for |
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| 45 | 45 | | extended year services under this section may not exceed $10 |
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| 46 | 46 | | million per year. A school district may use funds received under |
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| 47 | 47 | | this section only in providing an extended year program. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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