Bill Text: TX HB3456 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for purposes of certain budget reductions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3456-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for purposes of certain budget reductions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3456-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 3456 |
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relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational | ||
institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for | ||
purposes of certain budget reductions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 19.007, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any | ||
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the | ||
governor, any money received by the district or appropriated to the | ||
department for purposes of operating the district is considered to | ||
be part of the foundation school program and is not subject to those | ||
budget reductions. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 30.025, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 30.025. FUNDING OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND | ||
VISUALLY IMPAIRED. (a) The funding of the Texas School for the Blind | ||
and Visually Impaired consists of: | ||
(1) money the legislature specifically appropriates | ||
to the school; | ||
(2) money the agency allocates to the school under | ||
this code; | ||
(3) money paid under a contract or other agreement; | ||
(4) money the school receives through a gift or | ||
bequest; | ||
(5) a payment the school receives from a school | ||
district under Section 30.003; and | ||
(6) the school's share of the available school fund and | ||
payments to compensate for payments no longer made from the | ||
available school fund as provided by Section 30.003(f). | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any | ||
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the | ||
governor, any money received by the Texas School for the Blind and | ||
Visually Impaired or appropriated to the agency for purposes of | ||
operating the school is considered to be part of the foundation | ||
school program and is not subject to those budget reductions. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 30.056, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 30.056. FUNDING OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. (a) | ||
The funding of the Texas School for the Deaf consists of: | ||
(1) money the legislature specifically appropriates | ||
for the school; | ||
(2) money the agency allocates to the school under | ||
this code; | ||
(3) money paid under a contract or other agreement; | ||
(4) money the school receives through a gift or | ||
bequest; | ||
(5) a payment the school receives from a school | ||
district under Section 30.003; and | ||
(6) the school's share of the available school fund and | ||
payments to compensate for payments no longer made from the | ||
available school fund as provided by Section 30.003(f). | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any | ||
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the | ||
governor, any money received by the Texas School for the Deaf or | ||
appropriated to the agency for purposes of operating the school is | ||
considered to be part of the foundation school program and is not | ||
subject to those budget reductions. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 37.012, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any | ||
budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the | ||
governor, any money received by a local juvenile probation | ||
department or appropriated to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department | ||
for purposes of operating a juvenile justice alternative education | ||
program is considered to be part of the foundation school program | ||
and is not subject to those budget reductions. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |