Texas Education Code - Section 42.156. Gifted And Talented Student Allotment
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§ 42.156. GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENT ALLOTMENT. (a) For
each identified student a school district serves in a program for
gifted and talented students that the district certifies to the
commissioner as complying with Subchapter D, Chapter 29, a district
is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the district's adjusted
basic allotment as determined under Section 42.102 or Section
42.103, as applicable, multiplied by .12 for each school year or a
greater amount provided by appropriation.
(b) Funds allocated under this section, other than the
amount that represents the program's share of general
administrative costs, must be used in providing programs for gifted
and talented students under Subchapter D, Chapter 29, including
programs sanctioned by International Baccalaureate and Advanced
Placement, or in developing programs for gifted and talented
students. Each district must account for the expenditure of state
funds as provided by rule of the State Board of Education. If by the
end of the 12th month after receiving an allotment for developing a
program a district has failed to implement a program, the district
must refund the amount of the allotment to the agency within 30
days.
(c) Not more than five percent of a district's students in
average daily attendance are eligible for funding under this
section.
(d) If the amount of state funds for which school districts
are eligible under this section exceeds the amount of state funds
appropriated in any year for the programs, the commissioner shall
reduce each district's tier one allotments in the same manner
described for a reduction in allotments under Section 42.253.
(e) If the total amount of funds allotted under this section
before a date set by rule of the State Board of Education is less
than the total amount appropriated for a school year, the
commissioner shall transfer the remainder to any program for which
an allotment under Section 42.152 may be used.
(f) After each district has received allotted funds for this
program, the State Board of Education may use up to $500,000 of the
funds allocated under this section for programs such as MATHCOUNTS,
Future Problem Solving, Odyssey of the Mind, and Academic
Decathlon, as long as these funds are used to train personnel and
provide program services. To be eligible for funding under this
subsection, a program must be determined by the State Board of
Education to provide services that are effective and consistent
with the state plan for gifted and talented education.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 42.105 42.106 42.151 42.152 42.153 42.154 42.155 42.156 42.157 42.158 42.251 42.2511 42.2512 42.2513 42.2514
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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