HBA-MPM H.B. 79 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 79
By: Gallego
Public Education
4/9/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Education Agency determines the number of
educationally disadvantaged students in a school district by averaging the
best six-month enrollment in the national school lunch program of free or
reduced-price lunches for the preceding year. However, this does not take
into consideration that districts may have campuses that do not participate
in the national school lunch program.  House Bill 79 provides that in any
district in which one or more campuses do not participate in the national
school lunch program the number of educationally disadvantaged students is
determined in the manner provided by the commissioner of education. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the commissioner of education in
SECTION 1 (Section 42.152, Education Code) of this bill. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 79 amends the Education Code to provide by rule of the
commissioner of education that the number of educationally-disadvantaged
students in a school district is determined in the manner provided by the
rules of the commissioner of education if one or more campuses in the
district did not participate in the national school lunch program during
the preceding year, or by averaging the best six month's enrollment in the
national school lunch program for the preceding year, as set forth in
current law.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.