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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the incentive for public schools that provide |
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additional instructional days for certain students and the early |
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education 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. Sections 48.0051(a), (b), and (d), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The [Subject to Subsection (a-1), the] commissioner |
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shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner |
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provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school: |
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(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of |
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operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 |
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and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 175 |
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[180] days of instruction; and |
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(2) offers an additional 30 days of half-day |
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instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through fifth |
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grade. |
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(b) For a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall increase the |
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average daily attendance of the district or school under Section |
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48.005 by the amount that results from the quotient of the sum of |
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attendance by students described by Subsection (a)(2) for each of |
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the 30 additional instructional days of half-day instruction that |
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are provided divided by 175 [180]. |
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(d) This section does not prohibit a school district from |
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providing the minimum number of minutes of operational and |
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instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner |
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rules adopted under that section over fewer than 175 [180] days of |
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instruction. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.108, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to the allotment under Subsection (a), a |
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school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the |
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basic allotment multiplied by 0.1 for each student in average daily |
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attendance in a prekindergarten class who meets the eligibility |
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requirements under Section 29.153(b) and is at least four years of |
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age. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |