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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education |
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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. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.0055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.0055. ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING. The commissioner |
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by rule shall establish the method for determining average |
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enrollment for purposes of funding provided based on average |
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enrollment under Chapter 46 and this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 48.102(a) and (j), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For each student in average enrollment [daily |
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attendance] in a special education program under Subchapter A, |
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Chapter 29, in a mainstream instructional arrangement, a school |
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district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic |
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allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the |
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allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, |
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multiplied by 1.15. For each full-time equivalent student in |
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average enrollment [daily attendance] in a special education |
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program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in an instructional |
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arrangement other than a mainstream instructional arrangement, a |
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district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic |
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allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the |
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allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, |
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multiplied by a weight determined according to instructional |
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arrangement as follows: |
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Homebound 5.0 |
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Hospital class 3.0 |
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Speech therapy 5.0 |
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Resource room 3.0 |
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Self-contained, mild and moderate, regular campus 3.0 |
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Self-contained, severe, regular campus 3.0 |
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Off home campus 2.7 |
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Nonpublic day school 1.7 |
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Vocational adjustment class 2.3 |
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(j) A school district that provides an extended year program |
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required by federal law for special education students who may |
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regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75 |
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percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of |
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the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic |
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allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the |
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district is entitled for each full-time equivalent student in |
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average enrollment [daily attendance], multiplied by the amount |
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designated for the student's instructional arrangement under this |
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section, for each day the program is provided divided by the number |
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of days in the minimum school year. The total amount of state |
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funding for extended year services under this section may not |
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exceed $10 million per year. A school district may use funds |
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received under this section only in providing an extended year |
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program. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |