Sec. 48.1041. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee to advise the agency in adopting rules for the compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104, including:

(1) rules establishing the economic criteria described by Section 48.104(c)(5);

(2) rules detailing the method to count students who qualify for the allotment in:

(A) a dropout recovery school or program; or

(B) a residential treatment facility;

(3) methods for properly counting students who are homeless within the meaning of "homeless children and youths" under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a; and

(4) rules to determine the appropriate weight by which to adjust the basic allotment in determining the compensatory allotment for students described by Subdivision (3).

(b) The advisory committee consists of members appointed by the commissioner, including:

(1) school district superintendents and chief financial officers;

(2) classroom teachers;

(3) representatives of school districts located in an area other than an urban area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau;

(4) at least one representative of an open-enrollment charter school;

(5) demographers;

(6) experts on census data;

(7) public school finance experts; and

(8) appropriate employees of the agency.

(c) Members of the advisory committee serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.

(d) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to receive compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing official duties as a member of the committee.

(e) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the advisory committee.

(f) Not less than once every two years, the advisory committee shall review census and student data and provide recommendations to the agency regarding any suggested changes to the rules adopted for the compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.029, eff. June 12, 2019.