By Gallego                                              H.B. No. 79
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to computation of the number of educationally
 1-3     disadvantaged students in certain public school districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 42.152(b), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  For purposes of this section, the number of
 1-8     educationally disadvantaged students is determined:
 1-9                 (1)  by averaging the best six months' enrollment in
1-10     the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches
1-11     for the preceding school year; or
1-12                 (2)  in the manner provided by commissioner rule, if
1-13     one or more campuses in the district did not participate in the
1-14     national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches
1-15     during the preceding school year.
1-16           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.