Bill Text: TX SB1560 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding the costs of educating students with disabilities in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Education [SB1560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1560-Introduced.html
86R10524 CAE-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1560 |
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relating to a study regarding the costs of educating students with | ||
disabilities in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.025. STUDY REGARDING COSTS OF EDUCATING STUDENTS | ||
WITH DISABILITIES; REPORT. (a) The agency shall conduct a study to | ||
examine the costs of educating a student with disabilities under | ||
this subchapter, including an analysis of the different services | ||
provided. The study must: | ||
(1) determine whether the special education allotment | ||
under Section 42.151 provides adequate funding to schools for | ||
meeting the educational needs of students with disabilities; and | ||
(2) if it is determined under Subdivision (1) that the | ||
special education allotment is inadequate, determine the amount of | ||
adjustment for the special education allotment that would provide | ||
adequate funding to schools for meeting the educational needs of | ||
students with disabilities. | ||
(b) Not later than November 1, 2020, the agency shall | ||
prepare a report detailing the results of the study under this | ||
section and electronically submit the report to each standing | ||
legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over primary and | ||
secondary education. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |