| 1 | 1 | | 87R6859 JES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ashby H.B. No. 4372 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the career and technology education allotment and the |
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| 8 | 8 | | formula transition grant under the Foundation School Program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.106(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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| 13 | 13 | | attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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| 14 | 14 | | in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, |
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| 16 | 16 | | or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied |
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| 18 | 18 | | by a weight of 1.35; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) $50 for each of the following in which the student |
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| 20 | 20 | | is enrolled: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) two or more advanced career and technology |
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| 22 | 22 | | education classes for a total of three or more credits; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 29.556; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C) a campus that is a member of the New Tech |
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| 26 | 26 | | Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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| 27 | 27 | | education. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 48.277, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 29 | 29 | | adding Subsections (d-4) and (d-5) to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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| 31 | 31 | | the total amount that may be used to provide allotments under this |
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| 32 | 32 | | section may not exceed: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) for the 2021-2022 school year, the amount used to |
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| 34 | 34 | | provide allotments under this section for the 2019-2020 school |
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| 35 | 35 | | year; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) for the 2022-2023 school year, $250 million; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) for the 2023-2024 school year, $100 million; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) for the 2024-2025 school year, $50 million. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d-5) If the total amount of allotments to which districts |
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| 40 | 40 | | are entitled under this section for a school year exceeds the amount |
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| 41 | 41 | | permitted under Subsection (d-4), the commissioner shall reduce |
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| 42 | 42 | | each district's allotment under this section in the manner provided |
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| 43 | 43 | | by Section 48.266(f). |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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