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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for |
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dropout prevention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 29.918, |
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Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 39.234 or 42.152, a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout |
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rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the |
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commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter |
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school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under |
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Section 42.152 and the dropout prevention [high school] allotment
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under Section 42.160 for developing and implementing |
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research-based strategies for dropout prevention. The district or |
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charter school shall submit the plan not later than December 1 of |
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each school year preceding the school year in which the district or |
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charter school will receive the compensatory education allotment or |
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dropout prevention [high school] allotment to which the plan
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applies. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school to |
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which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25 |
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percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory |
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education allotment or dropout prevention [high school] allotment
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unless the commissioner approves the plan submitted under |
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Subsection (a). The commissioner shall complete an initial review |
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of the district's or charter school's plan not later than March 1 of |
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the school year preceding the school year in which the district or |
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charter school will receive the compensatory education allotment or |
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dropout prevention [high school] allotment to which the plan
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applies. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 39.234, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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USE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION [HIGH SCHOOL] ALLOTMENT
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 39.234, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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DROPOUT PREVENTION [HIGH SCHOOL] ALLOTMENT
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SECTION 4. Section 42.160, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A school district is entitled to an annual allotment of |
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$____ [275] for each student in weighted average daily attendance
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in grades 6 [9] through 9 [12] in the district, as determined by |
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multiplying the number of students in average daily attendance in |
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grades 6 through 9 by the ratio of the total number of students in |
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weighted average daily attendance in the district to the total |
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number of students in average daily attendance in the district.
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(a-1) An amount to which a school district is entitled under |
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this section is in addition to amounts to which the district is |
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entitled under Section 42.2516. |
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SECTION 5. Section 42.2516, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) In determining the amount to which a district is |
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entitled under Subsection (b)(1), the commissioner shall exclude |
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the amount to which the district was entitled under Subsection |
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(b)(3) as it existed on January 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act effects September 1, 2011. |