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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation |
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| 7 | 9 | | School Program. |
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| 8 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a |
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| 12 | 14 | | bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, |
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| 13 | 15 | | Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to |
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| 14 | 16 | | the basic allotment multiplied by: |
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| 15 | 17 | | (1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by |
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| 16 | 18 | | Section 29.052: |
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| 17 | 19 | | (A) 0.105 [0.1]; or |
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| 18 | 20 | | (B) 0.155 [0.15] if the student is in a bilingual |
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| 19 | 21 | | education program using a dual language immersion/one-way or |
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| 20 | 22 | | two-way program model; and |
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| 21 | 23 | | (2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1), |
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| 22 | 24 | | 0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program using a dual |
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| 23 | 25 | | language immersion/two-way program model. |
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| 24 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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