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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding the costs of educating educationally |
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disadvantaged students and students of limited English proficiency |
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in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.067 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.067. STUDY REGARDING COSTS OF EDUCATING |
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EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF LIMITED |
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; REPORT. (a) The agency shall conduct a study |
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to examine the costs of educating a student who is educationally |
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disadvantaged and a student of limited English proficiency in |
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public schools. The study must: |
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(1) determine whether the compensatory education |
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allotment under Section 42.152 provides adequate funding to schools |
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for meeting the educational needs of students who are educationally |
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disadvantaged; |
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(2) if it is determined under Subdivision (1) that the |
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compensatory education allotment is inadequate, determine the |
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amount of adjustment for the compensatory education allotment that |
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would provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the |
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educational needs of students who are educationally disadvantaged; |
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(3) determine whether the bilingual education |
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allotment under Section 42.153 provides adequate funding to schools |
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for meeting the educational needs of students of limited English |
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proficiency; and |
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(4) if it is determined under Subdivision (3) that the |
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bilingual education allotment is inadequate, determine the amount |
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of adjustment for the bilingual education allotment that would |
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provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the educational |
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needs of students of limited English proficiency. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2018, the agency shall prepare |
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a report detailing the results of the study under this section and |
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submit the report to each standing legislative committee with |
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primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 2. 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 takes effect September 1, 2017. |