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.