| 1 | 1 | | 88R6541 JES-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 3543 |
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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 bilingual education allotment under the public |
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| 8 | 8 | | school finance system. |
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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 29.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) Notwithstanding Section 29.066(c), the agency may |
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| 13 | 13 | | require, for purposes of implementing Section 48.105, a school |
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| 14 | 14 | | district that is granted an exception under this section to: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) include in the district's Public Education |
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| 16 | 16 | | Information Management System (PEIMS) report additional |
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| 17 | 17 | | information specified by the agency and relating to the alternative |
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| 18 | 18 | | language education methods used by the district; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) classify the alternative language education |
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| 20 | 20 | | method used by the district under the Public Education Information |
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| 21 | 21 | | Management System (PEIMS) report as specified by the agency. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 23 | 23 | | read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a |
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| 25 | 25 | | bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Chapter 29, or an alternative language method offered by a school |
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| 27 | 27 | | district and approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d), a |
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| 28 | 28 | | district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic |
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| 29 | 29 | | allotment multiplied by: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 29.052: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) 0.1; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) 0.15 if the student is in a bilingual |
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| 34 | 34 | | education program or an alternative language method offered by a |
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| 35 | 35 | | school district and approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d) |
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| 36 | 36 | | using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model; |
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| 37 | 37 | | and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1), |
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| 39 | 39 | | 0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program or an |
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| 40 | 40 | | alternative language method offered by a school district and |
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| 41 | 41 | | approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d) using a dual |
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| 42 | 42 | | language immersion/two-way program model. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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