HB2199 - Relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program.

  89R4990 KJE-D     By: Lambert H.B. No. 2199       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education   allotment under the Foundation School Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.0055 to read as follows:           Sec.   48.0055.     ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING. The commissioner   by rule shall establish the method for determining average   enrollment for purposes of funding provided based on average   enrollment under Chapter 46 and this chapter.          SECTION 2.  Sections 48.102(a) and (j), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  For each student in average enrollment  [ daily   attendance ] in a special education program under Subchapter A,   Chapter 29, in a mainstream instructional arrangement, a school   district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic   allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the   allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled,   multiplied by 1.15.  For each full-time equivalent student in   average enrollment [ daily attendance ] in a special education   program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in an instructional   arrangement other than a mainstream instructional arrangement, a   district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic   allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the   allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled,   multiplied by a weight determined according to instructional   arrangement as follows:                Homebound 5.0                Hospital class 3.0                Speech therapy 5.0                Resource room 3.0                Self-contained, mild and moderate, regular campus  3.0                Self-contained, severe, regular campus  3.0                Off home campus 2.7                Nonpublic day school 1.7                Vocational adjustment class 2.3          (j)  A school district that provides an extended year program   required by federal law for special education students who may   regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75   percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of   the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic   allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the   district is entitled for each full-time equivalent student in   average enrollment  [ daily attendance ], multiplied by the amount   designated for the student's instructional arrangement under this   section, for each day the program is provided divided by the number   of days in the minimum school year. The total amount of state   funding for extended year services under this section may not   exceed $10 million per year.  A school district may use funds   received under this section only in providing an extended year   program.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.