By: Barrientos, Van de Putte S.B. No. 274
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (w) to read as follows:
(w) From the total amount of funds appropriated for
allotments under this section, the commissioner shall, each fiscal
year, withhold an amount to be determined by the commissioner, but
not less than $22.5 million, for programs under Subchapter E,
Chapter 33, and distribute that amount as provided by Section
33.156. After deducting the amount withheld under this subsection
from the total amount appropriated for the allotment under
Subsection (a), the commissioner shall reduce each district's tier
one allotments in the same manner described for a reduction in
allotments under Section 42.253 and shall allocate funds to each
district accordingly.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.