Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R30241 JES-F
2	2	By: Middleton, et al. S.B. No. 2497
3	3	(Dutton)
4	4	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2497: No.
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public
10	10	school finance system.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 29.054, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
14	14	(e) Notwithstanding Section 29.066(c), the agency may
15	15	require, for purposes of implementing Section 48.105, a school
16	16	district that is granted an exception under this section to:
17	17	(1) include in the district's Public Education
18	18	Information Management System (PEIMS) report additional
19	19	information specified by the agency and relating to the alternative
20	20	language education methods used by the district; and
21	21	(2) classify the alternative language education
22	22	method used by the district under the Public Education Information
23	23	Management System (PEIMS) report as specified by the agency.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 48.105, Education Code, is amended by
25	25	adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (b) to
26	26	read as follows:
27	27	(a-1) The agency shall review school districts that offer
28	28	alternative language methods approved by the agency under Section
29	29	29.054(d) and approve districts to receive the allotment under
30	30	Subsection (a-2) for that biennium in a manner that provides not
31	31	more than $10 million total under the allotment to school districts
32	32	in each biennium. In approving school districts to receive the
33	33	allotment under this subsection, the agency shall, to the extent
34	34	possible, approve eligible school districts from a cross section of
35	35	this state.
36	36	(a-2) For each student in average daily attendance in an
37	37	alternative language method approved by the agency under Section
38	38	29.054(d), and offered by a school district approved to receive the
39	39	allotment under Subsection (a-1), the district is entitled to an
40	40	annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by:
41	41	(1) 0.15 for an emergent bilingual student, as defined
42	42	by Section 29.052, if the student is in an alternative language
43	43	method using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program
44	44	model; and
45	45	(2) 0.05 for a student not described by Subdivision
46	46	(1), if the student is in an alternative language method using a
47	47	dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model.
48	48	(b) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this
49	49	section must be used in providing bilingual education or special
50	50	language programs under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. A district's
51	51	bilingual education or special language allocation may be used only
52	52	for program and student evaluation, instructional materials and
53	53	equipment, staff development, supplemental staff expenses, teacher
54	54	salaries [salary supplements for teachers], incremental costs
55	55	associated with providing smaller class sizes, and other supplies
56	56	required for quality instruction.
57	57	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.