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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repealed by the 79th Legislature and is not replaced with 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.