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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public |
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school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 29.066(c), the agency may |
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require, for purposes of implementing Section 48.105, a school |
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district that is granted an exception under this section to: |
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(1) include in the district's Public Education |
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Information Management System (PEIMS) report additional |
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information specified by the agency and relating to the alternative |
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language education methods used by the district; and |
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(2) classify the alternative language education |
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method used by the district under the Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS) report as specified by the agency. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a |
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bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 29, or an alternative language method offered by a school |
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district and approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d), a |
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district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic |
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allotment multiplied by: |
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(1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by |
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Section 29.052: |
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(A) 0.1; or |
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(B) 0.15 if the student is in a bilingual |
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education program or an alternative language method offered by a |
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school district and approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d) |
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using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model; |
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and |
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(2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1), |
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0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program or an |
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alternative language method offered by a school district and |
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approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d) using a dual |
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language immersion/two-way program model. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |