HB 5601
AN ACT relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice
House Bill • Phelan
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 1.015 to read as follows: Sec. 1.015. IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM CONDITIONED ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF BORDER EXPENSES. Notwithstanding any other law, an education savings account program or a similar program through which a child may use state money for nonpublic primary or secondary education may not be implemented until the comptroller certifies to the legislature that this state has received reimbursement from the federal government for the cost of securing the border for the period beginning September 1, 2015, to present, as determined by the comptroller. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
filed
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice
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