By: Allen H.B. No. 4826
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation
School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a
bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B,
Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to
the basic allotment multiplied by:
(1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by
Section 29.052:
(A) 0.105 [0.1]; or
(B) 0.155 [0.15] if the student is in a bilingual
education program using a dual language immersion/one-way or
two-way program model; and
(2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1),
0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program using a dual
language immersion/two-way program model.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.