87R16937 MEW-F
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4124
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4124:
By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 4124
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to student enrollment in certain special-purpose
districts and the allotment under the public school finance system
for those districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.351, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A special-purpose school district established under
this section that is operated by a general academic teaching
institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, may:
(1) in enrolling students or creating a waitlist for
student enrollment, prioritize military-connected students, as
that term is defined by Section 25.006(d); and
(2) enroll a student who:
(A) is a dependent of a member of the United
States military;
(B) was previously enrolled in school in this
state; and
(C) does not reside in this state due to a
military deployment or transfer.
SECTION 2. Section 48.053(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A [For each student who resides in this state and is
enrolled in the district, a] school district to which this section
applies is entitled to funding under this chapter as if the district
had no tier one local share for purposes of Section 48.256 for each
student enrolled in the district:
(1) who resides in this state; or
(2) who:
(A) is a dependent of a member of the United
States military;
(B) was previously enrolled in school in this
state; and
(C) does not reside in this state due to a
military deployment or transfer.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.