87R1256 KJE-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 258
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a remote education and distance learning allotment
under the Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 48.157 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.157. REMOTE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING
ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district is entitled to an annual allotment
in the amount provided by appropriation for each student in average
daily attendance to be used as provided by Subsection (b).
(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
improve access to remote education and distance learning, including
to pay the costs associated with remote education and distance
learning technology.
SECTION 2. Section 12.106(a-4), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-4) In addition to the funding provided by Subsections
(a), (a-2), and (a-3), a charter holder is entitled to receive
funding for the open-enrollment charter school under Sections
48.110 and 48.112 and Subchapter D, Chapter 48, other than the
allotment under Section 48.157, if the charter holder would be
entitled to the funding if the school were a school district.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.