Texas Education Code
§ 48.104 — COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT
ED § 48.104Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 48. FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM · Art. C. STUDENT-BASED ALLOTMENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)For each student who does not have a disability and resides in a residential placement facility in a district in which the student's parent or legal guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.2 or, if the student is educationally disadvantaged, 0.275. For each full-time equivalent student who is in a remedial and support program under Section 29.081 because the student is pregnant, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 2.41.
(b)For each student who is educationally disadvantaged and resides in an economically disadvantaged census block group as determined by the commissioner under Subsection (c), a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by the weight assigned to the student's census block group under Subsection (d).
(c)For purposes of the allotment under Subsection (b), the commissioner shall establish an index for economically disadvantaged census block groups in the state that provides criteria for determining which census block groups are economically disadvantaged and categorizes economically disadvantaged census block groups in five tiers according to relative severity of economic disadvantage. In determining the severity of economic disadvantage in a census block group, the commissioner shall consider:
(1)the median household income;
(2)the average educational attainment of the population;
(3)the percentage of single-parent households;
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 12, eff. May 6, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 7.24(1), eff. September 1, 2025.