79R2080 KKA-D
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 204
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to additional state funding for certain juvenile justice
alternative education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0121 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0121. ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING FOR CERTAIN JUVENILE
JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) This section applies
only if Chapter 41, as that chapter existed on January 1, 2005, is
repealed by the 79th Legislature and is not replaced with
comparable provisions for the transfer of money from school
districts of relatively high wealth to school districts of less
wealth.
(b) A juvenile justice alternative education program is
entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the total amount of
money received from school districts during the 2004-2005 school
year as a result of agreements under Section 41.121, as that section
existed on January 1, 2005.
(c) State aid provided under this section is in addition to
any other state funding otherwise provided to juvenile justice
alternative education programs.
(d) The commissioner shall determine the amount of money to
which a juvenile justice alternative education program is entitled
under this section. A determination by the commissioner is final
and may not be appealed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.