| 1 | 1 | | 88R2981 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 947 |
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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 an allotment under the public school finance system for |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been |
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| 9 | 9 | | incarcerated. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 48.116. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH INCARCERATED |
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| 14 | 14 | | PARENT. For each student who has a parent or legal guardian who has |
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| 15 | 15 | | been incarcerated in a penal institution, as defined by Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.07, Penal Code, during the school year for which the allotment is |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment |
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| 18 | 18 | | equal to the district's basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum |
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| 19 | 19 | | of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to |
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| 20 | 20 | | which the district is entitled, multiplied by 1.1. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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