89R1200 MEW-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1448       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the dedication of certain federal money received for   public education and the distribution to school districts of   certain excess funds appropriated for the Foundation School   Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 1.008 to read as follows:          Sec. 1.008.  DEDICATION OF FEDERAL MONEY. Money received   from the federal government for the purposes of public primary and   secondary education may be appropriated only for purposes related   to public primary and secondary education in this state.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.284 to read as follows:          Sec. 48.284.  DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FUNDS. Notwithstanding   any other provision of law, not later than September 1 of any year   following a school year in which the commissioner determines that   the amount appropriated for purposes of the Foundation School   Program exceeded the amount to which school districts were entitled   under this chapter, the commissioner shall:                (1)  notify the Legislative Budget Board of the excess   funds; and                (2)  distribute the excess funds, less the amount   required to comply with Section 48.265, as determined by the   commissioner, to each school district in an equal amount per   student in weighted average daily attendance for the previous   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.