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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state funding of the Windham School District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19.005(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Any person confined or imprisoned in the department who |
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is not a high school graduate is eligible for programs or services |
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under this chapter [paid for with money from the foundation school
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fund]. To the extent space is available, the district may also |
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offer programs or services under this chapter [paid for with money
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from the foundation school fund] to persons confined or imprisoned |
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in the department who are high school graduates. |
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SECTION 2. Section 19.007(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The costs for persons eligible under Section 19.005 |
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shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the department for that |
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purpose [the foundation school fund]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 19.008, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 19.008. ALLOCATION OF COSTS. (a) The department |
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[commissioner] shall allocate funds to the district [from the
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foundation school fund] based on an amount, established in the |
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General Appropriations Act, for each contact hour between a teacher |
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and a person eligible under Section 19.005, including associated |
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administrative costs, for the best 180 of 210 school days in each |
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year of the state fiscal biennium. Those funds may be spent only |
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for district administrative costs related to education and for |
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district educational programs and services and only with the |
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approval of the board. |
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(b) The department [agency] by rule shall establish a time |
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and manner for the district to report and verify contact hours to |
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the department [agency]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 19.007(c), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |