85R2466 CAE-D     By: Bernal H.B. No. 186       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study regarding the costs of educating educationally   disadvantaged students and students of limited English proficiency   in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 29.067 to read as follows:          Sec. 29.067.  STUDY REGARDING COSTS OF EDUCATING   EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF LIMITED   ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; REPORT. (a) The agency shall conduct a study   to examine the costs of educating a student who is educationally   disadvantaged and a student of limited English proficiency in   public schools. The study must:                (1)  determine whether the compensatory education   allotment under Section 42.152 provides adequate funding to schools   for meeting the educational needs of students who are educationally   disadvantaged;                (2)  if it is determined under Subdivision (1) that the   compensatory education allotment is inadequate, determine the   amount of adjustment for the compensatory education allotment that   would provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the   educational needs of students who are educationally disadvantaged;                (3)  determine whether the bilingual education   allotment under Section 42.153 provides adequate funding to schools   for meeting the educational needs of students of limited English   proficiency; and                (4)  if it is determined under Subdivision (3) that the   bilingual education allotment is inadequate, determine the amount   of adjustment for the bilingual education allotment that would   provide adequate funding to schools for meeting the educational   needs of students of limited English proficiency.          (b)  Not later than January 1, 2018, the agency shall prepare   a report detailing the results of the study under this section and   submit the report to each standing legislative committee with   primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education.          (c)  This section expires September 1, 2018.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.