By Bivins S.B. No. 206 77R2616 CAS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer of and funding for public school students 1-3 who are the victims of certain criminal offenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 37.0071 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 37.0071. TRANSFER OF AND FUNDING FOR VICTIMS. (a) On 1-8 the request of a parent or other person with authority to act on 1-9 behalf of a student who was the victim of conduct described by 1-10 Section 37.007(a)(2), the board of trustees of the school district 1-11 shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the victim and the 1-12 student who engaged in the conduct are not assigned to the same 1-13 campus, transportation route, or extracurricular program. The 1-14 decision of the board of trustees as to the practicability of 1-15 reassigning a student is final and may not be appealed. This 1-16 subsection applies regardless of where the offense occurred. 1-17 (b) If the board of trustees determines that it is not 1-18 practicable for the victim and the student who engaged in the 1-19 conduct to be assigned to separate campuses, routes, and programs, 1-20 a district to which the victim transfers under Section 25.036 is 1-21 entitled to additional funding as follows for that school year and 1-22 for each succeeding school year that the victim and the student who 1-23 engaged in the conduct would be assigned to the same campus in the 1-24 victim's former district: 2-1 (1) an allotment under Section 42.157(a), as if the 2-2 student were using a public education grant to attend school in the 2-3 district; and 2-4 (2) a payment from the district from which the student 2-5 transferred in an amount computed in the manner provided under 2-6 Section 37.0061 for computing the amount of the funds transferred 2-7 to a district providing educational services. 2-8 (c) Payments to a district under Subsection (b) shall be 2-9 prorated based on the portion of the school year a student attends 2-10 school in the district under this section. 2-11 (d) Notwithstanding Section 25.038, a district that receives 2-12 funding under this section may not charge a tuition fee. 2-13 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 2-14 school year. 2-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.