Tex. Educ. Code § 48.053 · Subchapter B. BASIC ENTITLEMENT
ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a special-purpose school district established under Section 11.351 that is operated by a general academic teaching institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003.
(b) A school district to which this section applies is entitled to funding under this chapter as if the district were a full-time hybrid campus or full-time virtual campus for purposes of Section 30B.106 with no tier one local share for purposes of Section 48.256 for each student enrolled in the district:
(1) who resides in this state; or
(2) who:
(A) is a dependent of a member of the United States military;
(B) was previously enrolled in school in this state; and
(C) does not reside in this state due to a military deployment or transfer.
(c) A school district to which this section applies may decline to receive funding under Subsection (b).
(d) A school district that receives funding under Subsection (b) for a school year may not charge tuition or fees to students enrolled in the district who are residents of this state for that school year, other than fees authorized under Section 11.158.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.022, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 4124), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 15), Sec. 8, eff. September 9, 2021.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 11, eff. May 6, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.48.htm
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- sha256 9807bbeb96ac1178b38aab53cca677f05fa6aa4162fee3559aacea4c2e6fc95c
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 11.158AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES.Printed as Section 11.158
- Tex. Educ. Code § 11.351AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICT.Printed as Section 11.351
- Tex. Educ. Code § 30B.106FUNDING.Printed as Section 30B.106
- Tex. Educ. Code § 48.256LOCAL SHARE OF PROGRAM COST (TIER ONE).Printed as Section 48.256
- Tex. Educ. Code § 61.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 61.003
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