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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a remote education and distance learning allotment |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.157 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.157. REMOTE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING |
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ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district is entitled to an annual allotment |
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in the amount provided by appropriation for each student in average |
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daily attendance to be used as provided by Subsection (b). |
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(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to |
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improve access to remote education and distance learning, including |
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to pay the costs associated with remote education and distance |
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learning technology. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.106(a-4), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-4) In addition to the funding provided by Subsections |
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(a), (a-2), and (a-3), a charter holder is entitled to receive |
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funding for the open-enrollment charter school under Sections |
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48.110 and 48.112 and Subchapter D, Chapter 48, other than the |
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allotment under Section 48.157, if the charter holder would be |
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entitled to the funding if the school were a school district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |