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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (u) to read as follows: |
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(u) From the total amount of funds appropriated for |
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allotments under this section, the commissioner shall, each fiscal |
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year, withhold an amount to be determined by the commissioner, but |
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not less than $30 million for prekindergarten through high school |
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programs under Subchapter E, Chapter 33, and distribute that amount |
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as provided by Section 33.156. After deducting the amount withheld |
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under this subsection from the total amount appropriated for the |
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allotment under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall reduce each |
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district's tier one allotments in the same manner described for a |
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reduction in allotments under Section 42.253 and shall allocate |
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funds to each district accordingly. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |