Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R14803 ANG-F
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 3460
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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	methods 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 education methods approved by the agency under
29	29	Section 29.054(d) and approve districts to receive the allotment
30	30	under Subsection (a-2) for that biennium in a manner that provides
31	31	not more than $10 million total under the allotment to school
32	32	districts in each biennium. In approving school districts to
33	33	receive the allotment under this subsection, the agency shall, to
34	34	the extent possible, approve eligible school districts from a
35	35	cross-section of this state.
36	36	(a-2) For each student in average daily attendance in an
37	37	alternative language education method approved by the agency under
38	38	Section 29.054(d), and offered by a school district approved to
39	39	receive the allotment under Subsection (a-1), the district is
40	40	entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment
41	41	multiplied by:
42	42	(1) 0.15 for an emergent bilingual student, as defined
43	43	by Section 29.052, if the student is in an alternative language
44	44	education method using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way
45	45	program model; and
46	46	(2) 0.05 for a student not described by Subdivision
47	47	(1), if the student is in an alternative language education method
48	48	using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model.
49	49	(b) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this
50	50	section must be used in providing bilingual education or special
51	51	language programs under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. A district's
52	52	bilingual education or special language allocation may be used only
53	53	for program and student evaluation, instructional materials and
54	54	equipment, staff development, supplemental staff expenses, teacher
55	55	salaries [salary supplements for teachers], incremental costs
56	56	associated with providing smaller class sizes, and other supplies
57	57	required for quality instruction.
58	58	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.