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79R1621 PAM-D

By:  Barrientos                                                   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 $13 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 beginning with the 
2005-2006 school year.  
	SECTION 3.  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 September 1, 2005.