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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing for efficient government resource |
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allocation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 42 Education Code is amended by adding a |
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new section as follows: |
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Sec. 42.502. Taxpayer Savings Grant Program. Any parent or |
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legal guardian of a school-age child who resides in Texas and is |
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entering kindergarten or attended a public school for all of the |
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academic year prior their participation in this program, who is |
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willing to help the State of Texas save money by accepting less than |
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the average per-pupil maintenance and operations expenditure in the |
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district in which they reside, may receive reimbursement from the |
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state for tuition paid for enrollment of said child at a private |
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school in the amount of actual tuition or sixty percent of the |
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state average per-pupil maintenance and operations expenditure, |
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whichever is less, and the gratitude of the State of Texas. |
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Section 2. Within 45 days of the passage of this Act, the |
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Comptroller shall adopt rules solely to effectuate reimbursement |
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and prevent fraud in financial transactions under this program. |
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Such rules shall include the method for counting Taxpayer Savings |
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Grant students in the Foundation School Program and the consequent |
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savings therefrom. No funds from the Available School Fund shall be |
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used for Taxpayer Savings Grants. |
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Section 3. This act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39. Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the votes necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |