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