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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(u), Education Code, is amended to |
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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, [appropriation] for prekindergarten |
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through high school programs under Subchapter E, Chapter 33, and |
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distribute that amount as provided by Section 33.156. After |
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deducting the amount withheld under this subsection from the total |
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amount appropriated for the allotment under Subsection (a), the |
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commissioner shall reduce each district's tier one allotments in |
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the same manner described for a reduction in allotments under |
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Section 42.253 and shall allocate funds to each district |
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accordingly. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |