By Garcia H.B. No. 379
77R2593 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the funding allotment for bilingual education programs
1-3 in public schools.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.153(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a
1-8 bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B,
1-9 Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to
1-10 the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 0.2 [0.1].
1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.