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AN ACT
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relating to student enrollment in certain special-purpose |
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districts and the allotment under the public school finance system |
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for those districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.351, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A special-purpose school district established under |
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this section that is operated by a general academic teaching |
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institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, may: |
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(1) in enrolling students or creating a waitlist for |
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student enrollment, prioritize military-connected students, as |
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that term is defined by Section 25.006(d); and |
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(2) enroll a student who: |
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(A) is a dependent of a member of the United |
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States military; |
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(B) was previously enrolled in school in this |
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state; and |
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(C) does not reside in this state due to a |
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military deployment or transfer. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.053(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A [For each student who resides in this state and is |
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enrolled in the district, a] school district to which this section |
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applies is entitled to funding under this chapter as if the district |
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had no tier one local share for purposes of Section 48.256 for each |
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student enrolled in the district: |
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(1) who resides in this state; or |
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(2) who: |
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(A) is a dependent of a member of the United |
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States military; |
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(B) was previously enrolled in school in this |
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state; and |
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(C) does not reside in this state due to a |
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military deployment or transfer. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4124 was passed by the House on May |
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14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 19, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 4124 on May 28, 2021, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 4124 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 110, |
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Nays 33, 0 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4124 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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4124 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |