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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the placement of money in the state instructional |
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materials fund for public schools to use to purchase instructional |
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materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.001, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) Each biennium [year] the State Board of Education shall |
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set aside an amount equal to 50 percent of the [annual] distribution |
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for that biennium [year] from the permanent school fund to the |
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available school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, |
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Texas Constitution, to be placed, subject to the General |
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Appropriations Act, in the state instructional materials fund |
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established under Section 31.021. |
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(e) An amount of money equal to the total biennium |
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distribution required by Subsection (d) shall be placed in the |
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state instructional materials fund not later than the 30th day |
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after the date the first fiscal year of the biennium begins. |
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SECTION 2. Section 403.093(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The comptroller shall transfer from the general revenue |
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fund to the foundation school fund an amount of money necessary to |
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fund the foundation school program as provided by Chapter 42, |
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Education Code. The comptroller shall make the transfers in |
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installments as necessary to comply with Section 42.259, Education |
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Code, and permit the Texas Education Agency, to the extent |
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authorized by the General Appropriations Act, to make temporary |
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transfers from the foundation school fund for payment of the |
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instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, Education |
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Code. Unless an earlier date is necessary for purposes of temporary |
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transfers for payment of the instructional materials allotment, an |
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[An] installment must be made not earlier than two days before the |
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date an installment to school districts is required by Section |
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42.259, Education Code, and must not exceed the amount necessary |
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for that payment and any temporary transfers for payment of the |
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instructional materials allotment. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |