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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allocation of state and federal funds for adult basic |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.255, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c), (d), (d-1), and (e) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the agency shall allocate state and federal adult basic education |
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funds, other than federal funds set aside for state administration, |
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special projects, and staff development, based on need. Funds |
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available to a service area in which there is no eligible adult |
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basic education service provider providing student contact hours |
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shall be distributed proportionally by the agency to other eligible |
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adult basic education service providers in the county. If there are |
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no other eligible adult basic education service providers in the |
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county, the funds allocated for that county shall be distributed |
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proportionally by the agency throughout the state to eligible adult |
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basic education service providers by service area. |
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(d) The agency by rule shall establish a method by which |
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adult basic education service providers are paid on a student |
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contact hour and student performance and completion basis. In |
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adopting a method under this subsection, the agency shall require |
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that the total number of eligible student contact hours must be |
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based on the student's level of performance on a designated |
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literacy or basic skills test so that the number of eligible student |
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contact hours funded is increased for a student with a lower |
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performance level. |
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(d-1) Adult basic education service providers providing |
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student contact hours for the 2008-2009 school year are entitled to |
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at least the same level of student contact hours in the 2009-2010 |
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and 2010-2011 school years as the service provider provided in the |
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2008-2009 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2011. |
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(e) The amount of state and federal adult basic education |
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funds, other than federal funds set aside for state administration, |
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special projects, and staff development, available for a school |
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year that exceeds the amount of state and federal adult basic |
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education funds, other than federal funds set aside for state |
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administration, special projects, and staff development, available |
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in the preceding school year shall be allocated to new student |
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contact hours. The agency may not set the student contact hour rate |
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for new student contact hours at a rate higher than the average rate |
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for student contact hours in the preceding school year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |