By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4123
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the special education allotment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 48.102(a) and (j), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) For each student [in average daily attendance] in a
special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in a
mainstream instructional arrangement, a school district is
entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if
applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under
Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by
1.15. For each full-time equivalent student [in average daily
attendance] in a special education program under Subchapter A,
Chapter 29, in an instructional arrangement other than a mainstream
instructional arrangement, a district is entitled to an annual
allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum
of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to
which the district is entitled, multiplied by a weight determined
according to instructional arrangement as follows:
Homebound5.0
Hospital class3.0
Speech therapy5.0
Resource room3.0
Self-contained, mild and moderate,
regular campus3.0
Self-contained, severe, regular campus3.0
Off home campus2.7
Nonpublic day school1.7
Vocational adjustment class2.3
(j) A school district that provides an extended year program
required by federal law for special education students who may
regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75
percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of
the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic
allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the
district is entitled for each full-time equivalent student [in
average daily attendance], multiplied by the amount designated for
the student's instructional arrangement under this section[, for
each day the program is provided divided by the number of days in
the minimum school year]. The total amount of state funding for
extended year services under this section may not exceed $10
million per year. A school district may use funds received under
this section only in providing an extended year program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.