88R9486 DIO-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 3305
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public
school finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a
bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B,
Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to
the basic allotment multiplied by:
(1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by
Section 29.052:
(A) 0.1; or
(B) 0.15 if the student is in a bilingual
education program using a dual language immersion/one-way or
two-way program model; and
(2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1),
0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program using a dual
language immersion/one-way or two-way [immersion/two-way] program
model.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.