88R13877 MEW-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 4317
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the incentive for public schools that provide
additional instructional days for certain students and the early
education allotment under the Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 48.0051(a), (b), and (d), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The [Subject to Subsection (a-1), the] commissioner
shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or
open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner
provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school:
(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of
operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081
and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 175
[180] days of instruction; and
(2) offers an additional 30 days of half-day
instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth
grade.
(b) For a school district or open-enrollment charter school
described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall increase the
average daily attendance of the district or school under Section
48.005 by the amount that results from the quotient of the sum of
attendance by students described by Subsection (a)(2) for each of
the 30 additional instructional days of half-day instruction that
are provided divided by 175 [180].
(d) This section does not prohibit a school district from
providing the minimum number of minutes of operational and
instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner
rules adopted under that section over fewer than 175 [180] days of
instruction.
SECTION 2. Section 48.108, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the allotment under Subsection (a), a
school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the
basic allotment multiplied by 0.1 for each student in average daily
attendance in a prekindergarten class who meets the eligibility
requirements under Section 29.153(b) and is at least four years of
age.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.