By: Powell S.B. No. 451

(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2019; February 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.153(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) A district's bilingual education or special language allocation may be used only for program and student evaluation, instructional materials and equipment, staff development, supplemental staff expenses, salary or salary supplements for teachers, and other supplies required for quality instruction and smaller class size.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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