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1	1	By: Hinojosa of Nueces, et al. S.B. No. 2185
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public
9	9	school finance system.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 29.054, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
13	13	(e) Notwithstanding Section 29.066(c), the agency may
14	14	require, for purposes of implementing Section 48.105, a school
15	15	district that is granted an exception under this section to:
16	16	(1) include in the district's Public Education
17	17	Information Management System (PEIMS) report additional
18	18	information specified by the agency and relating to the alternative
19	19	language education methods used by the district; and
20	20	(2) classify the alternative language education
21	21	methods used by the district under the Public Education Information
22	22	Management System (PEIMS) report as specified by the agency.
23	23	SECTION 2. Section 48.105, Education Code, is amended by
24	24	adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (b) to
25	25	read as follows:
26	26	(a-1) The agency shall review school districts that offer
27	27	alternative language education methods approved by the agency under
28	28	Section 29.054(d) and approve districts to receive the allotment
29	29	under Subsection (a-2) for that biennium in a manner that provides
30	30	not more than $10 million total under the allotment to school
31	31	districts in each biennium. In approving school districts to
32	32	receive the allotment under this subsection, the agency shall, to
33	33	the extent possible, approve eligible school districts from a
34	34	cross-section of this state.
35	35	(a-2) For each student in average daily attendance in an
36	36	alternative language education method approved by the agency under
37	37	Section 29.054(d), and offered by a school district approved to
38	38	receive the allotment under Subsection (a-1), the district is
39	39	entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment
40	40	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	education method using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way
44	44	program 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 education method
47	47	using a 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, 2025.