TITLE: Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been incarcerated.

SUMMARY: Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been incarcerated.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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 42, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 42.169 to read as follows: Sec. 42.169. 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 adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 1.1. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.