78R4457 KSD-D

By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 1762



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and 
Science.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 105.301(e), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(e)  The academy is not subject to the provisions of this 
code, or to the rules of the Texas Education Agency, regulating 
public schools, except that:
		(1)  professional employees of the academy are entitled 
to the limited liability of an employee under Section 22.051 or 
22.052;
		(2)  a student's attendance at the academy satisfies 
compulsory school attendance requirements;  and
		(3)  for each student enrolled, the academy is entitled 
to allotments from the foundation school program under Chapter 42 
as if the academy were a school district without a tier one local 
share for purposes of Section 42.253[, except that the academy has a 
local share applied that is equivalent to the local fund assignment 
of the Denton Independent School District].
	SECTION 2.  Section 105.301(e), Education Code, as amended 
by this Act, applies beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.