Texas Education Code

§ 48.105 — BILINGUAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT

ED § 48.105Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 48. FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM · Art. C. STUDENT-BASED ALLOTMENTS

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(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. (a-1) The agency shall review school districts that offer alternative language education methods approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d) and approve districts to receive the allotment under Subsection (a-2) for that biennium in a manner that provides not more than $10 million total under the allotment to school districts in each biennium. In approving school districts to receive the allotment under this subsection, the agency shall, to the extent possible, approve eligible school districts from a cross-section of this state. (a-2) For each student in average daily attendance in an alternative language education method approved by the agency under Section 29.054(d), and offered by a school district approved to receive the allotment under Subsection (a-1), the district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by:

(1)0.15 for an emergent bilingual student, as defined by Section 29.052, if the student is in an alternative language education method using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 512 (S.B. 2185), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 7.14, eff. September 1, 2025.