By: Ogden S.B. No. 6
(In the Senate - Filed July 6, 2005; July 6, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Finance; July 7, 2005,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0; July 7, 2005, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 6 By: Ogden
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
appropriating money for the support of state government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The several sums of money herein specified,
or so much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any
funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of
special funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or
improvement of the designated agencies and institutions of
education.
(b) Article III, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following appropriations and to the
extent necessary, by giving all riders under the bill pattern of the
agency full force and effect:
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
For the Years Ending August 31, 2006 August 31, 2007
Method of Financing:
General Revenue Fund
General Revenue Fund $365,640,734 $366,318,466
Available School Fund No. 002, estimated 1,271,000,000 1,622,000,000
State Textbook Fund No. 003, estimated 19,457,832 1,971,597
Foundation School Fund No. 193, estimated 8,556,398,505 7,979,015,981
Certification and Assessment Fees (General
Revenue Fund) 18,359,121 18,378,121
GR MOE for Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families 2,000,000 2,000,000
Lottery Proceeds, estimated 1,045,000,000 1,046,000,000
Subtotal, General Revenue Fund $11,277,856,192 $11,035,684,165
General Revenue Fund - Dedicated
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345 115,000,000 115,000,000
Read to Succeed Account No. 5027 42,960 42,960
Subtotal, General Revenue Fund - Dedicated $115,042,960 $115,042,960
Federal Funds
Federal Funds 13,153,500 13,153,500
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Fund
No. 148 2,939,024,866 2,938,215,169
Federal School Lunch Fund No. 171 1,058,000,000 1,104,000,000
Subtotal, Federal Funds $4,010,178,366 $4,055,368,669
Other Funds
Appropriated Receipts (Redistributed Local Revenue), estimated 1,133,000,000 1,284,000,000
State Highway Fund No. 006 50,000,000 50,000,000
Permanent School Fund 6,851,389 6,914,804
Interagency Contracts 451,636 448,905
Subtotal, Other Funds $1,190,303,025 $1,341,363,709
Total, Method of Financing $16,593,380,543 $16,547,459,503
Other Direct and Indirect Costs Appropriated Elsewhere in this Act $1,340,119 $1,319,693
This bill pattern represents an estimated 100% of this agency's estimated total available funds for the biennium.
Number of Full-Time-Equivalents (FTE): 797.0 797.0
Schedule of Exempt Positions:
Commissioner, Group 6 $164,748 $164,748
Executive Director, State Board for Educator
Certification, Group 3 78,000 78,000
Items of Appropriation:
A. Goal: PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
A.1.1. Strategy: FSP - EQUALIZED
OPERATIONS $11,323,400,000 $11,224,000,000
Foundation School Program -
Equalized Operations.
A.1.2. Strategy: FSP - EQUALIZED
FACILITIES $765,000,000 $774,000,000
Foundation School Program -
Equalized Facilities.
A.2.1. Strategy: STUDENT SUCCESS $253,452,833 $253,463,111
Statewide Initiatives to Further
Student Achievement.
A.2.2. Strategy: ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS
AT RISK $ 1,317,068,251 $ 1,317,121,454
Resources for Low-income and Other
At-risk Students.
A.2.3. Strategy: STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES $961,715,519 $961,715,519
Resources for Mentally/Physically
Disabled Students
A.2.4. Strategy: SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT &
SUPPORT PGMS $159,084,132 $159,085,478
Grants for School and Program Improvement
and Innovation.
A.2.5. Strategy: ADULT EDUCATION & FAMILY
LITERACY $74,894,091 $74,894,091
Total, Goal A: PROGRAM LEADERSHIP $14,854,614,826 $14,764,279,653
B. Goal: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
B.1.1. Strategy: ASSESSMENT &
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM $61,207,441 $61,207,441
B.2.1. Strategy: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY $42,220,916 $42,245,510
B.2.2. Strategy: SAFE SCHOOLS $56,696,728 $57,460,542
School Safety Programs and Education
in Disciplinary Programs.
B.2.3. Strategy: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS $ 1,072,400,000 $ 1,118,400,000
B.2.4. Strategy: WINDHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT $57,569,745 $57,569,745
Educational Resources for Prison Inmates.
B.3.1. Strategy: IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY $372,311,979 $372,396,121
Funds for Teacher Training and
Education Service Centers.
B.3.2. Strategy: AGENCY OPERATIONS $31,552,314 $31,653,501
B.3.3. Strategy: CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION $10,337,833 $10,338,027
B.3.4. Strategy: INFORMATION SYSTEMS -
TECHNOLOGY $16,025,761 $13,446,963
Total, Goal B: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE $ 1,720,322,717 $ 1,764,717,850
C. Goal: EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
State Board for Educator Certification.
C.1.1. Strategy: EDUCATOR QUALITY
AND CREDENTIALING $4,165,093 $4,165,093
Educator Credentialing and
Educator Preparation Program Review.
C.1.2. Strategy: CERTIFICATION EXAM
ADMINISTRATION $10,381,994 $10,400,994
Educator Certification Exam Services.
Estimatedand nontransferable.
C.1.3. Strategy: RETENTION, RECRUITMENT $83,879 $83,879
Retention, Recruitment, and Continuing
Professional Development.
C.1.4. Strategy: EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL
CONDUCT $3,812,034 $3,812,034
Total, Goal C: EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION $18,443,000 $18,462,000
Grand Total, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $16,593,380,543 $16,547,459,503
Rider 95. Learning Through Listening Educational Outreach
Program. Out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy A.2.3,
Students with Disabilities, the Commissioner of Education shall
expend $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year
2007 for the purpose of implementing an educational outreach
program tied to digital audio textbooks which assists individuals
with print disabilities affording reading accommodation by
providing instruction and training using digitally recorded
audiobooks, playback equipment, and other resources. The program
shall target economically disadvantaged students in kindergarten
through 12th grade with learning disabilities, dyslexia, vision
impairment, and physical disabilities.
Rider 96. Contingency Appropriation: Senate Bill 8.
Contingent on passage and enactment of Senate Bill 8 or similar
legislation relating to certain retired and retirement-eligible
education employees, or House Bill 2 or similar legislation
relating to public education and public school finance matters, and
Senate Bill 5 or similar legislation relating to certain fiscal
matters affecting governmental entities by the 79th Legislature,
First Called Session, 2005, the following appropriations are hereby
made:
(1) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 to the Texas
Education Agency out of the General Revenue Fund to implement a
longevity incentive program as provided for in Senate Bill 8; and
(2) $26,700,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $27,800,000 in
fiscal year 2007 out of the General Revenue Fund; $1,200,000 in
fiscal year 2006 and $1,300,000 in fiscal year 2007 out of
General-Revenue Dedicated, Other Educational and General Income;
$28,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $29,000 in fiscal year 2007 from the
Teacher Retirement System pension trust fund to the Teacher
Retirement System to increase the state contribution rate to 6.12
percent of payroll or an amount sufficient to support that
contribution rate.
Rider 97. Contingency Appropriation: House Bill 2. Contingent
on passage and enactment of House Bill 2 or similar legislation
relating to public school finance and Senate Bill 5 or similar
legislation by the 79th Legislature, First Called Session, 2005,
General Revenue funds in the amount of $2,650,000,000 for the 2006-07
biennium shall be used to provide a teacher pay increase of $3,500 per
certified teacher by FY 2007, and to implement the provisions of the
bill increasing total revenue for the operation of local school
districts. Also contingent upon passage of House Bill 2 or similar
legislation and Senate Bill 5 or similar legislation by the 79th
Legislature, First Called Session, 2005, out of funds appropriated
above, the Texas Education Agency shall fund Proclamation 2002 in the
amount of $295,000,000. The Legislative Budget Board is directed to
make all necessary adjustments to public education agencies,
strategies, methods of finance, measures and riders necessary to
implement the legislation. The Texas Education Agency shall develop
and promulgate rules, subject to prior approval by the Legislative
Budget Board and the Governor, as needed to implement the bill.
Rider 98. Additional Appropriation. In addition to funds
appropriated above in Strategy A.1.2. FSP - Equalized Facilities,
an additional $25,000,000 in General Revenue is appropriated in
each year of the 2006-07 biennium for the Instructional Facilities
Allotment.
Rider 99. Contingency Appropriation: House Bill 3.
Contingent on passage and enactment of House Bill 3 or similar
legislation relating to the reduction of local school district
property taxes and increasing state revenues by the 79th
Legislature, First Called Session, 2005, General Revenue
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency for the Foundation
School Program for the 2006-07 biennium shall be increased by the
amounts necessary to provide state aid to school districts in an
amount commensurate, as determined by the Legislative Budget Board,
with the loss in local revenue associated with the tax rate
reduction. The Legislative Budget Board is directed to make all
necessary adjustments to strategies, methods of finance, measures
and riders necessary to implement the legislation.
Rider 100. For the purposes of delineating the
appropriation authority and expenditure requirements for the Texas
Education Agency for the 2006-07 biennium, the Legislative Budget
Board is hereby directed to make necessary adjustments to the
provisions above and to rider provisions contained in Senate Bill
1, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005.
(c) Texas Education Agency Rider 48 in Article III, Senate
Bill 1, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the
General Appropriations Act), is amended to read as follows:
Rider 48. Student Success Initiative. Out of the funds
appropriated above in Strategy A.2.1, Student Success,
$158,005,369 in General Revenue in fiscal year 2006 and
$158,005,369 in General Revenue in fiscal year 2007 are allocated
for the Student Success Initiative. The Commissioner shall expend
these funds for allocations to schools for the purpose of
implementation of scientific, research-based programs for students
who have been identified as unlikely to achieve the third grade TAKS
reading standard by the end of the third grade, including those
students with dyslexia and related disorders, students unlikely to
achieve the TAKS reading or math standards by the end of the fifth
grade, and/or students unlikely to achieve TAKS reading or math
standards in the eighth grade assessments administered in 2008.
a. From funds appropriated for the Student Success
Initiative, the Commissioner may set aside $15 million
for intensive reading instruction programs for schools
that have failed to improve student performance in reading
and $5 million for intensive [or] math instruction
programs for schools that have failed to improve student
performance in [reading or] math. The Commissioner
shall determine which schools have achieved the least
gains in reading or math performance, and shall require
those schools to submit a reading or math improvement
plan detailing proposed efforts to improve reading or
math performance as a condition of receiving funding.
The reading or math improvement plan must establish the
performance outcome of literacy or numeracy among its
student population and outline specific steps that will
be taken to achieve that goal. The plan may include the
use of technology to achieve reading or math goals. A
school identified as in need of improvement in reading or
math instruction shall implement only those assessments,
progress monitoring instruments, reading or math
strategies and programs approved by the Commissioner.
Programs must demonstrate a record of proven success in
improving student reading or math achievement.
b. Adolescent Literacy Initiative. Out of any funds
appropriated to the agency, the Commissioner shall set
aside $2 million for each year of the 2006-2007 biennium
for the development of a supplemental diagnostic
screening instrument and intensive reading instruction
programs for students determined at risk to not perform
at proficient levels on the 8th grade TAKS reading
assessment. It is the intent of the legislature that the
Texas Education Agency pursue federal funds to provide
training in the use of the diagnostic instrument and
distribution of the instrument to school districts and
charter schools. Any balances as of August 31, 2006 are
appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for the same purpose.
c. Any balances as of August 31, 2006, are appropriated for
fiscal year 2007 for the same purposes.
(d) Article III, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following appropriations:
TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM
For the Years Ending August 31, 2006 August 31, 2007
Method of Financing:
General Revenue Fund $37,536,348 $66,871,003
Total, Method of Financing $37,536,348 $66,871,003
Items of Appropriation:
A. Goal: TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM
To administer the System as an Employee Benefit Trust.
A.1.1. Strategy: TRS-PUBLIC EDUCATION
RETIREMENT $37,536,348 $66,871,003
Retirement Contributions for Public
Education Employees. Estimated.
Grand Total, TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $37,536,348 $66,871,003
(e) Article III, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following appropriations:
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - KINGSVILLE
For the Years Ending August 31, 2006 August 31, 2007
Method of Financing:
General Revenue Fund $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Total, Method of Financing $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Items of Appropriation:
1. Educational and General State Support $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Grand Total, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY -
KINGSVILLE $5,000,000 $5,000,000
1. Informational Listing of Additional Appropriated Funds.
C. Goal:PROVIDE SPECIAL ITEM SUPPORT
C.1.2. STRATEGY:IRMA RANGEL COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY $5,000,000 $5,000,000
(f) Article III, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following appropriations:
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
For the Years Ending August 31, 2006 August 31, 2007
Method of Financing:
General Revenue Fund $22,500,000 $22,500,000
Total, Method of Financing $22,500,000 $22,500,000
Items of Appropriation:
1. Educational and General State Support $22,500,000 $22,500,000
Grand Total, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER $22,500,000 $22,500,000
1. Informational Listing of Additional Appropriated Funds.
D. Goal:PROVIDE SPECIAL ITEM SUPPORT
D.1.6. STRATEGY:EL PASO - MEDICAL $22,500,000 $22,500,000
(g) Article III, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following appropriations:
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO
STATE AGENCIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Sec. 62. Contingency Appropriation. Contingent upon
enactment of House Bill 6 or similar legislation relating to
authorization for issuance of tuition revenue bonds, there is
hereby appropriated $110,000,000 in General Revenue for the 2006-07
biennium for the purpose of paying debt service on the bonds
authorized in the legislation. The debt service appropriations
shall be transferred to affected institutions of higher education
based on a plan developed by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board and approved by the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 2. (a) The several sums of money herein specified,
or so much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any
funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of
special funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or
improvement of the judiciary and other judicial service units of
the state.
(b) Article IV, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations Act), is amended
by adding the following appropriations:
SPECIAL PROVISIONS - JUDICIARY
Sec. 16. (a) Contingent on passage of House Bill 11 or
similar legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges, and the
Comptroller of Public Accounts issuing a finding of fact certifying
additional revenue collections from fees, fines, and court costs
during the 2006-07 biennium that exceed the Comptroller of Public
Accounts Biennial Revenue Estimate for these items by at least
$17,808,761 in fiscal year 2006 and $23,461,314 in fiscal year
2007, the Comptroller of Public Accounts is hereby appropriated an
amount estimated to be $34,551,075 out of the Judicial Fund No. 573
and $6,719,000 out of the General Revenue Fund to fund a salary
increase described in Subsection (b) of this Section and related
benefits costs for state judges and other court personnel linked to
the salary of state judges in the Government Code, and to fund the
creation of new district courts as described in Subsection (k) of
this Section.
(b) As used in this section, 'salary increase' shall mean an
increase in annual salary for state judges to begin on November 1,
2005, and September 1, 2006, or on another date, contingent on
passage of House Bill 11 or similar legislation by the
Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called Session, 2005, relating to
compensation of state judges.
(c) Any increase in employee benefits costs associated with
the salary increase as described above shall be paid only out of the
appropriations made above in Subsection (a), including $6,679,000
out of the General Revenue Fund for the purposes of funding the
increased costs to the Judicial Retirement System - Plan I.
(d) Provisions requiring salaries and benefits to be
proportional to the source of funds shall apply to all sums
allocated under this section, except as otherwise provided. Each
court or agency shall pay the increase in compensation from funds
held in the state treasury and from local funds in the same
proportion as the employee's regular compensation.
(e) The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall promulgate
rules and regulations as necessary to administer this section.
Funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated to each court
or agency, and to the appropriate employee benefit appropriation
items, in accordance with such rules and regulations and may be used
only for the purpose of providing a salary increase and paying
associated employee benefit costs.
(f) This section does not authorize an increase of exempt
salary rates above the rates provided in House Bill 11 or similar
legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges.
(g) Contingent on passage of House Bill 11 or similar
legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges, the
Comptroller of Public Accounts shall increase appropriations out of
the Judicial Fund No. 573 and decrease appropriations out of the
General Revenue Fund by $3,054,000 in fiscal year 2006 and by
$3,665,000 for Strategy D.1.1, District Judges made in Senate Bill
1 by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, to the
Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department.
(h) Contingent on passage of House Bill 11 or similar
legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges that
redirects payments for salary supplements for local administrative
judges from Government Code § 659.0125 to Government Code §
659.012(d), the description for Strategy A.1.4, Local
Administrative Judge Supplement in the bill pattern for the
Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department in Senate Bill 1 by the
Seventy-ninth Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is replaced with
the following description: Per Government Code § 659.012(d).
(i) Included in amounts appropriated above in Subsection
(a) is $20,000 out of the General Revenue Fund for each fiscal year
for the purposes of funding $5,000 salary supplements to additional
judges eligible for such supplements under Government Code §
659.012(d).
(j) Contingent on passage of House Bill 11 or similar
legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges that
increases the state salary supplement paid to certain
constitutional county judges under Government Code § 26.006(a) the
name and description for Strategy C.1.1, Constitutional County
Judge General Revenue Supplement in the bill pattern for the
Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department in Senate Bill 1 by the
Seventy-ninth Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is replaced with
the following name and description: Constitutional County Judge
General Revenue and Judicial Fund No. 573 Supplement: Salary
supplement per Government Code § 26.006. Estimated.
(k) Contingent on passage of House Bill 11 or similar
legislation by the Seventy-ninth Legislature, First Called
Session, 2005, relating to compensation of state judges, included
in amounts appropriated above in Subsection (a) is an amount
estimated to be $469,125 in fiscal year 2006 and estimated to be
$748,800 in fiscal year 2007 out of the Judicial Fund No. 573 to the
Judiciary Section, Comptrollers Department for additional district
courts created on or after September 1, 2005, by Senate Bill 1189,
Seventy-ninth Legislature, Regular Session, 2005.
SECTION 3. (a) The several sums of money herein specified,
or so much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any
funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of
special funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or
improvement of the designated public safety and criminal justice
agencies.
(b) Article V, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations Act), is amended
by adding the following appropriations and to the extent necessary,
by giving all riders under the bill pattern of the agency full force
and effect:
TEXAS MILITARY FACILITIES COMMISSION
For the Years Ending August 31, 2006 August 31, 2007
Method of Financing:
General Revenue Fund
General Revenue Fund $1,337,808 $1,651,690
Federal Funds 662,362 1,895,528
Other Funds
Current Fund Balance 949,788 971,939
Interagency Contracts 4,052,409 4,120,411
Bond Proceeds - Revenue Bonds 0 9,206,545
Subtotal, Other Funds $5,002,197 $14,298,895
Total, Method of Financing $7,002,367 $17,846,113
This bill pattern represents an estimated 100% of this agency's estimated total available funds for the biennium.
Number of Full-Time-Equivalents (FTE): 40.0 40.0
Schedule of Exempt Positions:
Executive Director, Group 2 $67,000 $67,000
Per Diem of Board Members 5,700 5,700
Items of Appropriation:
A. Goal:MAINTAIN PROPERTIES
A.1.1. Strategy:BUILDING MAINTENANCE $3,486,846 $12,807,288
Evaluate and Maintain Buildings and
Facilities.
A.1.2. Strategy:DEBT SERVICE $2,872,333 $3,156,691
Debt Service - Rent from Adjutant General.
Total, Goal A:MAINTAIN PROPERTIES $6,359,179 $15,963,979
B. Goal:CONSTRUCT AND RENOVATE FACILITIES
Construct And Renovate Facilities To Achieve Energy Efficiency/Safety.
B.1.1. Strategy:NEW FACILITY CONSTRUCTION $0 $1,245,937
B.1.2. Strategy:RENOVATION OF EXISTING
FACILITIES $210,089 $196,451
Total, Goal B:CONSTRUCT AND RENOVATE
FACILITIES $210,089 $1,442,388
C. Goal:INDIRECT ADMINISTRATION
C.1.1. Strategy:INDIRECT ADMINISTRATION $433,099 $439,746
Grand Total,TEXAS MILITARY FACILITIES
COMMISSION $7,002,367 $17,846,113
Rider 16. For the purposes of delineating the appropriation
authority and expenditure requirements for the Texas Military
Facilities Commission for the 2006-07 biennium, the Legislative
Budget Board is hereby directed to make necessary adjustments to
the provisions above and to rider provisions contained in Senate
Bill 1, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005.
SECTION 4. The amount of general revenue funds appropriated
by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, for the state
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005, for the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board is increased by $200,000 (estimated)
for the biennium to implement the provisions of the legislation
establishing the "College for Texans" specialty license plate. The
funds provided to the "College for Texans" campaign are
appropriated in accordance with Section 504.657, Transportation
Code, for the purposes of the "College for Texans" campaign. All
receipts received during the biennium, estimated to be $200,000, in
the general-revenue-dedicated "College for Texans" campaign
account are hereby appropriated to the coordinating board for the
biennium ending August 31, 2007. Any balances on hand at the end of
fiscal year 2006 may be carried over to fiscal year 2007 and such
funds are appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for the same purpose.
SECTION 5. Article II, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations
Act), is amended by adding the following rider to the Department of
Assistive and Rehabilitative Services bill pattern:
Rider 31. Contingency for House Bill 2. Contingent upon
enactment of House Bill 2 or similar legislation relating to public
education and public school finance matters by the 79th
Legislature, First Called Session, 2005, $1,657,877 in fiscal year
2006 and $3,267,736 in fiscal year 2007 shall be set aside from the
special education allotment out of funds appropriated to the Texas
Education Agency and transferred to the Department of Assistive and
Rehabilitative Services via interagency contract for the purpose of
providing transition services to students with disabilities
through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Those funds shall
be classified as Interagency Contracts - Transfer from Foundation
School Fund No. 193. The matching vocational rehabilitation
federal funds are estimated to be $6,125,524 in fiscal year 2006 and
$12,073,631 in fiscal year 2007.
Funds shall be transferred by October 1 of each fiscal year.
In addition to the Texas Education Agency special education funds,
it is the intent of the legislature that vocational rehabilitation
federal funds be used to fund this program in the amount of
$1,657,877 in fiscal year 2006 and $3,267,736 in fiscal year 2007.
Before expenditure of other funds received through
interagency contract with the Texas Education Agency, the
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall report in
writing to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor the amount
of state and federal funds the agency will allocate to transition
services in Strategies B.1.3 and B.3.1 in the appropriation to the
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services made by Senate
Bill 1, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, in each fiscal
year of the biennium. The report shall include the number of
students with disabilities expected to be served, services to be
provided with the funds, and any other details of the transition
services requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the Governor.
Contingent upon enactment of House Bill 2 or similar
legislation by the 79th Legislature, First Called Session, 2005,
the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall enter
into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Texas Education
Agency for the purpose of providing transition services to students
with disabilities through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
The MOU may include provisions the agencies consider necessary.
The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall
provide a signed copy of the MOU to the Legislative Budget Board and
the Governor not later than September 1, 2005, and September 1,
2006.
The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
shall submit quarterly reports to the Legislative Budget Board and
the Governor that provide information about the number of students
with disabilities served in Strategies B.1.3 and B.3.1 and details
of funded services. The format of the reports and details of
information included shall be specified by the Legislative Budget
Board.
On enactment of House Bill 2 or similar legislation by the
79th Legislature, First Called Session, 2005, performance measure
targets will be adjusted for Strategy B.1.3 (Number of Consumers
Served) and Strategy B.3.1 (Number of Consumers Served) to reflect
the contingency appropriation.
SECTION 6. The Health and Human Services Commission is
hereby authorized to use funds appropriated for Fiscal Year 2006 to
reimburse the University of Houston for contract services provided
during Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002 under the Tobacco Prevention and
Control Program in the amount of $551,504.14.
SECTION 7. Appropriations made in Article IX, Section 13.18
of Senate Bill 1, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, from the
General Revenue Fund, General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts, and
General Revenue related funds are reduced by:
(1) the amount of appropriation made in Section 1 of
this Act to the Texas Education Agency from the General Revenue Fund
for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2006 ($11,277,856,192);
(2) the amount of the appropriation made in Section 1
of this Act to the Texas Education Agency from the General Revenue
Fund for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007 ($11,035,684,165);
(3) the amount of the appropriation made in Section 1
of this Act to the Texas Education Agency from the General Revenue
Fund - Dedicated for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2006
($115,042,960);
(4) the amount of the appropriation made in Section 1
of this Act to the Texas Education Agency from the General Revenue
Fund - Dedicated for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007
($115,042,960); and
(5) the amount of appropriation made in Section 3 of
this Act from the same sources.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately.
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