Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB617 Compare Versions

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22 By: Dutton H.B. No. 617
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for
88 certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been
99 incarcerated.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
1212 amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows:
1313 Sec. 48.116. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH INCARCERATED
1414 PARENT. For each student who has a parent or legal guardian who has
1515 been incarcerated in a penal institution, as defined by Section
1616 1.07, Penal Code, during the school year for which the allotment is
1717 provided, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment
1818 equal to the district's basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum
1919 of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to
2020 which the district is entitled, multiplied by 1.1.
2121 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.