79S31287 JRD-F

By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 140



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to making an appropriation to the Texas Education Agency 
to pay certain costs connected with educating students displaced by 
Hurricane Katrina.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated 
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following 
amounts are appropriated out of General Revenue Account No. 193 
(the Foundation School Fund) to the Texas Education Agency to be 
spent under the Foundation School Program for the purpose of 
educating approximately 38,000 students displaced by Hurricane 
Katrina and enrolled in Texas public schools:
		(1)  $161,200,000 for the state fiscal year ending 
August 31, 2006; and     
		(2)  $170,000,000 and the unexpended balance of the 
amount appropriated under Subdivision (1) of this section for the 
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.