| 1 | 1 | | 87R1256 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 258 |
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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 a remote education and distance learning allotment |
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| 8 | 8 | | 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. Subchapter D, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 48.157 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 48.157. REMOTE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district is entitled to an annual allotment |
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| 14 | 14 | | in the amount provided by appropriation for each student in average |
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| 15 | 15 | | daily attendance to be used as provided by Subsection (b). |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to |
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| 17 | 17 | | improve access to remote education and distance learning, including |
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| 18 | 18 | | to pay the costs associated with remote education and distance |
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| 19 | 19 | | learning technology. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 12.106(a-4), Education Code, is amended |
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| 21 | 21 | | to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a-4) In addition to the funding provided by Subsections |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a), (a-2), and (a-3), a charter holder is entitled to receive |
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| 24 | 24 | | funding for the open-enrollment charter school under Sections |
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| 25 | 25 | | 48.110 and 48.112 and Subchapter D, Chapter 48, other than the |
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| 26 | 26 | | allotment under Section 48.157, if the charter holder would be |
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| 27 | 27 | | entitled to the funding if the school were a school district. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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