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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the career and technology education allotment and the |
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formula transition grant 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 48.106(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to: |
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(1) an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, |
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or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment |
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under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied |
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by a weight of 1.35; and |
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(2) $50 for each of the following in which the student |
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is enrolled: |
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(A) two or more advanced career and technology |
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education classes for a total of three or more credits; |
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(B) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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Section 29.556; or |
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(C) a campus that is a member of the New Tech |
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Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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education. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.277, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d-4) and (d-5) to read as follows: |
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(d-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the total amount that may be used to provide allotments under this |
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section may not exceed: |
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(1) for the 2021-2022 school year, the amount used to |
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provide allotments under this section for the 2019-2020 school |
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year; |
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(2) for the 2022-2023 school year, $250 million; |
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(3) for the 2023-2024 school year, $100 million; and |
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(4) for the 2024-2025 school year, $50 million. |
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(d-5) If the total amount of allotments to which districts |
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are entitled under this section for a school year exceeds the amount |
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permitted under Subsection (d-4), the commissioner shall reduce |
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each district's allotment under this section in the manner provided |
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by Section 48.266(f). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |