86R1120 MEW-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 699
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the
  public school finance system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 42.153(a) and (b), Education Code, are
  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 adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 0.25 [0.1].
         (b)  Funds allocated under this section, other than an
  indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
  rule, which may not exceed 45 percent, must be used in providing
  bilingual education or special language programs under Subchapter
  B, Chapter 29, and must be accounted for under existing agency
  reporting and auditing procedures.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.