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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to special education funding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.102, Education Code, is amended to |
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add Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) To address the extraordinary gap in school district |
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expenses for special education, a school district with two prior |
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consecutive years of expenditures for students with disabilities |
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that exceed the amount of the allotment under this section received |
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in those years is entitled to additional funding in an amount that |
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would compensate the district for the amount of the difference in |
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funding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |