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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the permissible uses of the compensatory education |
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allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.104, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (k) and (l) and adding Subsection (k-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(k) Subject to Subsection (k-1), at [At] least 55 percent of |
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the funds allocated under this section must be used to: |
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(1) fund supplemental programs and services designed |
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to eliminate any disparity in performance on assessment instruments |
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administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the |
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rates of high school completion between: |
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(A) students who are educationally disadvantaged |
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and students who are not educationally disadvantaged; and |
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(B) students at risk of dropping out of school, |
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as defined by Section 29.081, and all other students; or |
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(2) support a program eligible under Title I of the |
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as provided by Pub. |
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L. No. 103-382 and its subsequent amendments, and by federal |
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regulations implementing that Act. |
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(k-1) A school district may not use more than 40 percent of |
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the funds allocated to the district under this section to pay for: |
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(1) teacher salaries; |
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(2) supplemental staff expenses; |
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(3) additional staff; or |
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(4) smaller class size. |
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(l) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the use of |
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funds allocated under this section as provided [described] by |
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Subsections [Subsection] (k) and (k-1). The rules: |
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(1) must: |
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(A) permit a school district to use those funds |
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for programs and services that reflect the needs of students at each |
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campus in the district; and |
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(B) provide for streamlined reporting on the use |
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of those funds; and |
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(2) may not prohibit the use of those funds for any |
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purpose for which the use of those funds was authorized under former |
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Section 42.152 as that section existed on September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |