Texas § ED.48.108 - EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT

§ ED.48.108. EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT

EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in average daily attendance in kindergarten through third grade, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.01. (a-1) In addition to the allotment under Subsection (a), a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.1 for each student in average daily attendance in kindergarten through third grade who is: (1) educationally disadvantaged; or (2) an emergent bilingual student, as defined by Section 29.052 , and is in a bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B , Chapter 29 . (b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to fund: (1) the attendance of teachers employed by the district at teacher literacy achievement academies under Section 21.4552 or teacher mathematics achievement academies under Section 21.4553 ; (2) prekindergarten programs under Subchapters E and E-1, Chapter 29 ; and (3) programs and services designed to improve student performance in reading and mathematics in prekindergarten through third grade, including programs and services designed to assist the district in achieving the goals set in the district's early childhood literacy and mathematics proficiency plans adopted under Section 11.185 . (c) A school district is entitled to an allotment under each subdivision of Subsection (a-1) for which a student qualifies. (d) A school district may receive funding for a student under this section and under Sections 48.104 and 48.105 , as applicable, if the student satisfies the requirements of each applicable section. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3 ), Sec. 1.031, eff. September 1, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066 ), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2 ), Sec. 5.26, eff. September 1, 2025.