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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state aid for certain juvenile justice alternative |
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education programs that enter into certain revenue sharing |
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agreements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) This section applies only to a juvenile |
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justice alternative education program that, for the 2005-2006 |
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school year, received funding as a result of an agreement between |
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school districts under Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Education Code. |
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(b) A juvenile justice alternative education program is |
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entitled to state aid under this section in an amount equal to: |
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(1) for the 2011-2012 school year, the difference |
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between: |
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(A) the funding the program received as a result |
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of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and |
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(B) the funding the program receives as a result |
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of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2011-2012 school year; and |
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(2) for the 2012-2013 school year, the difference |
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between: |
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(A) the funding the program received as a result |
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of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2005-2006 school year; and |
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(B) the funding the program receives as a result |
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of all agreements between school districts under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 41, Education Code, for the 2012-2013 school year. |
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(c) The commissioner of education shall: |
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(1) determine the amount of state aid to which a |
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juvenile justice alternative education program is entitled under |
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this section; and |
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(2) distribute the aid in 10 equal monthly |
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installments: |
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(A) for the 2011-2012 school year, beginning with |
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September 2011 and ending with June 2012; and |
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(B) for the 2012-2013 school year, beginning with |
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September 2012 and ending with June 2013. |
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(d) To fund a distribution authorized under Subsection |
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(c)(2), the commissioner of education may reallocate money in the |
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Texas Education Agency's budget, to the extent otherwise authorized |
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by law, or use other available funds. |
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(e) The commissioner of education shall adopt rules to |
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implement this section. |
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(f) A determination of the commissioner of education under |
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this section is final and may not be appealed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |