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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 Subsection (c) 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, on the following basis: |
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(1) 75 percent of the funds available shall be |
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allocated based on the best available estimates of the number of |
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eligible adults in each county and school district geographic area |
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within each county; and |
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(2) 25 percent of the funds available shall be |
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allocated based on student contact hours reported by each school |
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district geographic area for the most recent complete fiscal year |
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reporting period. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |