H.B. No. 1691




AN ACT

relating to use of the compensatory education allotment to fund  
certain programs for students who have dyslexia or a related 
disorder.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under 
this section may be used to fund in proportion to the percentage of 
students served by the program that meet the criteria in Section 
29.081(d) or (g):
		(1)  an accelerated reading instruction program under 
Section 28.006(g); or
		(2)  a program for treatment of students who have 
dyslexia or a related disorder as required by Section 38.003.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the House on April 
30, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 1691 on May 30, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 
2 present, not voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor