TITLE: Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program.

SUMMARY: Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 48.105(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by: (1) for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by Section 29.052: (A) [0.1];or (B) [0.15] if the student is in a bilingual education program using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model; and (2) for a student not described by Subdivision (1), 0.05 if the student is in a bilingual education program using a dual language immersion/two-way program model. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.