SB1039 - Relating to creating a school uniform allotment under the Foundation School Program.

  89R6238 TSS-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1039       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating a school uniform allotment under the   Foundation School Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.121 to read as follows:           Sec.   48.121.     SCHOOL UNIFORM ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as   provided by Subsection (c), for each student in average daily   attendance who attends a school at which school uniforms are   required, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment of   $100.           (b)     Money allocated under this section may be used only to   provide uniforms to each student who is required to wear a uniform.           (c)     In any school year in which the amount of money   appropriated for purposes of this section is less than the amount of   money to which school districts are entitled, the commissioner:                 (1)     may provide an allotment to a district under   Subsection (a) only if there is sufficient money to provide the   district the full amount to which the district is entitled under   this section; and                 (2)     shall prioritize districts that receive funding   under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20   U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.