By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2084
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school
  finance system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.116.  FINE ARTS ALLOTMENT.  (a)  For each student in 
  average daily attendance enrolled in a fine arts education course
  approved by the agency under Subsection (b) in grades 6 through 12,
  a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the
  basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment
  and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is
  entitled, multiplied by: 
               (1)  1.3 for a student in grades 6 through 8; 
               (2)  1.2 for a student in grade 9 or 10; and 
               (3)  1.1 for a student in grade 11 or 12. 
         (b)  The agency shall approve fine arts education courses
  that qualify for the allotment provided under this section.  The
  approved courses must include fine arts education courses that:
               (1)  are authorized by the State Board of Education,
  including music, art, theater, and dance; 
               (2)  provide students with the knowledge and skills
  necessary for success in the fine arts; and 
               (3)  require a student in full-time attendance to
  receive not less than 225 minutes of fine arts instruction per week. 
         (c)  Of the funds allocated under this section: 
               (1)  at least 25 percent of the funds allocated under
  Subsection (a)(1) must be used in a manner that prioritizes
  providing fine arts education to students in grades six through
  eight who are eligible for the compensatory education allotment
  under Section 48.104; 
               (2)  50 percent of the total funds allocated under this
  section must be used to provide fine arts education courses to
  students in grades six through eight; and 
               (3)  except as necessary to meet the requirement under
  Subdivision (2), at least 75 percent of funds allocated under
  Subsections (a)(2) and (3) must be used to provide fine arts
  education courses to students in grades 9 through 12. 
         (d)  The agency shall annually publish a list of fine arts
  courses approved under Subsection (b). 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.