Bill Text: TX HB617 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been incarcerated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB617 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB617-Introduced.html
| 87R3417 MEW-D | ||
| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 617 | |
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| relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for | ||
| certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been | ||
| incarcerated. | ||
| 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. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH INCARCERATED | ||
| PARENT. For each student who has a parent or legal guardian who has | ||
| been incarcerated in a penal institution, as defined by Section | ||
| 1.07, Penal Code, during the school year for which the allotment is | ||
| provided, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment | ||
| equal to the district's 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
