Bill Text: TX HB258 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the public school finance system.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-24 - Left pending in committee [HB258 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB258-Introduced.html
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By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 258 |
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relating to the public school finance system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 29.918(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section [ |
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district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout | ||
rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the | ||
commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter | ||
school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under | ||
Section 42.152 [ |
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for developing and implementing research-based strategies for | ||
dropout prevention. The district or charter school shall submit | ||
the plan not later than December 1 of each school year preceding the | ||
school year in which the district or charter school will receive the | ||
compensatory education allotment [ |
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which the plan applies. | ||
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school to | ||
which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25 | ||
percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory | ||
education allotment [ |
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commissioner approves the plan submitted under Subsection (a). The | ||
commissioner shall complete an initial review of the district's or | ||
charter school's plan not later than March 1 of the school year | ||
preceding the school year in which the district or charter school | ||
will receive the compensatory education allotment [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.0233(a), Education Code, as amended | ||
by H.B. 2223, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt a series of questions to | ||
be included in an end-of-course assessment instrument administered | ||
under Section 39.023(c) to be used for purposes of Subchapter F-1, | ||
Chapter 51. The questions adopted under this subsection must be | ||
developed in a manner consistent with any college readiness | ||
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Chapter 51. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 41.002(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may not have a wealth per student that | ||
exceeds: | ||
(1) the wealth per student that generates the amount | ||
of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student | ||
available to a district with maintenance and operations tax revenue | ||
per cent of tax effort equal to the maximum amount provided per cent | ||
under Section 42.101(a) or (b), for the district's maintenance and | ||
operations tax effort equal to or less than the rate equal to the | ||
sum of the product of the state compression percentage, as | ||
determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and | ||
operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year | ||
and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); | ||
(2) the greater of the wealth per student that | ||
generates the amount of maintenance and operations tax revenue per | ||
weighted student available to the Austin Independent School | ||
District or a district at the 95th percentile in wealth per student, | ||
as determined by the commissioner in cooperation with the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, for the first six cents by which the | ||
district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds the rate | ||
equal to the sum of the product of the state compression percentage, | ||
as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance | ||
and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax | ||
year and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1), subject | ||
to Section 41.093(b-1); or | ||
(3) the wealth per student specified under Subdivision | ||
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effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by | ||
Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 4. Effective September 1, 2018, Section 41.002(a), | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may not have a wealth per student that | ||
exceeds: | ||
(1) the wealth per student that generates the amount | ||
of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student | ||
available to a district with maintenance and operations tax revenue | ||
per cent of tax effort equal to the maximum amount provided per cent | ||
under Section 42.101(a), (a-3), or (b), for the district's | ||
maintenance and operations tax effort equal to or less than the rate | ||
equal to the sum of the product of the state compression percentage, | ||
as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance | ||
and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax | ||
year and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); | ||
(2) the greater of the wealth per student that | ||
generates the amount of maintenance and operations tax revenue per | ||
weighted student available to the Austin Independent School | ||
District or a district at the 95th percentile in wealth per student, | ||
as determined by the commissioner in cooperation with the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, for the first six cents by which the | ||
district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds the rate | ||
equal to the sum of the product of the state compression percentage, | ||
as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance | ||
and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax | ||
year and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1), subject | ||
to Section 41.093(b-1); or | ||
(3) the wealth per student specified under Subdivision | ||
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effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by | ||
Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 5. Section 41.093(b-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) If the guaranteed level of state and local funds per | ||
weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section | ||
42.302(a-1)(1) for which state funds are appropriated for a school | ||
year is an amount at least equal to the greater of the amount of | ||
revenue per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to the | ||
Austin Independent School District or the amount available to a | ||
district at the 95th percentile in wealth per student, as | ||
determined by the commissioner in cooperation with the Legislative | ||
Budget Board, the commissioner, in computing the amounts described | ||
by Subsections (a)(1) and (2) and determining the cost of an | ||
attendance credit, shall exclude maintenance and operations tax | ||
revenue resulting from the tax rate described by Section | ||
41.002(a)(2). | ||
SECTION 6. Section 41.099(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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(1) executes an agreement to purchase all attendance | ||
credits necessary to reduce the district's wealth per student to | ||
the equalized wealth level; | ||
(2) executes an agreement to purchase attendance | ||
credits and an agreement under Subchapter E to contract for the | ||
education of nonresident students who transfer to and are educated | ||
in the district but who are not charged tuition; or | ||
(3) executes an agreement under Subchapter E to | ||
contract for the education of nonresident students: | ||
(A) to an extent that does not provide more than | ||
10 percent of the reduction in wealth per student required for the | ||
district to achieve a wealth per student that is equal to or less | ||
than the equalized wealth level; and | ||
(B) under which all revenue paid by the district | ||
to other districts, in excess of the reduction in state aid that | ||
results from counting the weighted average daily attendance of the | ||
students served in the contracting district, is required to be used | ||
for funding a consortium of at least three districts in a county | ||
with a population of less than 40,000 that is formed to support a | ||
technology initiative. | ||
SECTION 7. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 42.010 and 42.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.010. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE | ||
WEIGHTS, ALLOTMENTS, AND ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The agency shall | ||
conduct a comprehensive review of weights, allotments, and | ||
adjustments under the public school finance system, including all | ||
current weights, allotments, and adjustments provided under this | ||
chapter and any additional weights, allotments, and adjustments | ||
that the agency determines may be appropriate. The review must | ||
determine the effectiveness of existing weights, allotments, and | ||
adjustments in fulfilling the mission of the public education | ||
system stated in Section 4.001(a) and furthering the state policy | ||
stated in Section 42.001. At a minimum, the review must determine | ||
how closely and appropriately each of the following elements | ||
reflects and provides financing for costs beyond the control of | ||
school districts: | ||
(1) adjustments for costs related to the geographic | ||
variation in known resource costs and costs of education, | ||
controlling for the impact of unequalized wealth and hold-harmless | ||
provisions, and properly reflecting the impact of high | ||
concentrations of poverty on the compensation that school districts | ||
must pay to attract and retain teachers of comparable or | ||
appropriate quality; | ||
(2) adjustments for costs related to the size and | ||
diseconomies of scale of school districts; | ||
(3) adjustments for costs related to the varying | ||
instructional needs and characteristics of students and the extent | ||
to which the adjustments provide each student with access to | ||
programs and services that are appropriate to the student's | ||
educational needs; | ||
(4) other factors, in addition to economic status, | ||
that correlate to student at-risk status and the need for | ||
compensatory education, and the degree to which those factors | ||
correspond to additional educational costs; and | ||
(5) the manner in which the cost adjustments are | ||
applied to and affect the overall school finance system. | ||
(b) The review of the adjustments described in Subsection | ||
(a)(1) must: | ||
(1) address all uncontrollable costs that can | ||
reasonably be quantified; | ||
(2) consider the qualifications, experience, and | ||
turnover rate of personnel and the impact of those factors on | ||
student achievement in considering the adequacy and comparability | ||
of salaries; | ||
(3) properly address the impact of factors that have a | ||
large impact on certain types of school districts, such as extreme | ||
isolation, regardless of general state impact; | ||
(4) include only factors for which a rational economic | ||
argument can be made; | ||
(5) be carefully constructed to make sure that a cost | ||
factor does not significantly affect more than one variable; and | ||
(6) not be artificially adjusted to meet predetermined | ||
outcomes and must not use arbitrary limits. | ||
(c) In determining whether any additional weights, | ||
allotments, and adjustments are appropriate under the public school | ||
finance system, as required by Subsection (a), the agency shall | ||
include consideration of an additional weight for educational | ||
services provided to students in prekindergarten on a half-day | ||
basis and on a full-day basis. | ||
(d) The agency may contract with one or more consultants if | ||
necessary to enable the agency to perform its duties under this | ||
section. | ||
(e) The Legislative Budget Board, the comptroller, the | ||
state auditor, and any other state agency, official, or personnel | ||
shall cooperate with the agency in carrying out its duties under | ||
this section. | ||
(f) Not later than December 1, 2018, the agency shall | ||
provide a report that: | ||
(1) states the findings of the review conducted under | ||
this section; and | ||
(2) includes recommendations for updated weights, | ||
allotments, and adjustments and any other statutory changes | ||
considered appropriate by the agency. | ||
(g) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
Sec. 42.011. STUDY OF LEGISLATION ON SCHOOL FUNDING. (a) | ||
After each legislative session, the commissioner shall conduct a | ||
study assessing the manner in which any statute enacted or amended | ||
during that legislative session affects the equalized wealth level | ||
of a school district under Chapter 41 or the Foundation School | ||
Program under this chapter and whether the standard of neutrality | ||
described under Section 42.001(b) is maintained. | ||
(b) The study under this section must: | ||
(1) include an analysis of the effects of legislation | ||
on each school district in the state; and | ||
(2) indicate how a school district compares to other | ||
districts with respect to: | ||
(A) property wealth per weighted student; | ||
(B) revenue per weighted student; | ||
(C) tax effort; and | ||
(D) revenue per cent of tax effort. | ||
(c) The commissioner shall issue a report on the study's | ||
findings to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of | ||
the house of representatives, and the legislature. The | ||
commissioner shall make the report available to the public on the | ||
agency's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not | ||
including the time students spend each day in special education | ||
programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or | ||
career and technology education programs, for which an additional | ||
allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an | ||
allotment equal to the lesser of $5,440 [ |
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results from the following formula: | ||
A = $5,440 [ |
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where: | ||
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; | ||
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax | ||
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and | ||
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. | ||
SECTION 9. Effective September 1, 2018, Section 42.101, | ||
Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding | ||
Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-3), for [ |
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each student in average daily attendance, not including the time | ||
students spend each day in special education programs in an | ||
instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and | ||
technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is | ||
made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment | ||
equal to the lesser of $5,840 [ |
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from the following formula: | ||
A = $5,840 [ |
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where: | ||
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; | ||
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax | ||
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and | ||
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. | ||
(a-3) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the basic | ||
allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is | ||
adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the greater of: | ||
(1) one percent of the amount of the allotment for the | ||
preceding school year; or | ||
(2) the amount that results from applying the | ||
inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on the basis of | ||
changes in the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer | ||
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, to the allotment for the | ||
preceding school year. | ||
SECTION 10. Sections 42.152(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student who is educationally disadvantaged or | ||
who is a student who does not have a disability and resides in a | ||
residential placement facility in a district in which the student's | ||
parent or legal guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to | ||
an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment | ||
multiplied by 0.25 [ |
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student who is in a compensatory, intensive, or accelerated | ||
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because the student is pregnant. | ||
(c) Funds allocated under this section shall be used to fund | ||
supplemental programs and services designed to eliminate any | ||
disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered | ||
under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high | ||
school completion between students at risk of dropping out of | ||
school, as defined by Section 29.081, and all other students. | ||
Specifically, the funds, other than an indirect cost allotment | ||
established under State Board of Education rule, which may not | ||
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compensatory, intensive, or accelerated instruction program under | ||
Section 29.081 or a disciplinary alternative education program | ||
established under Section 37.008, to pay the costs associated with | ||
placing students in a juvenile justice alternative education | ||
program established under Section 37.011, or to support a program | ||
eligible under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education | ||
Act of 1965, as provided by Pub. L. No. 103-382 and its subsequent | ||
amendments, and by federal regulations implementing that Act, at a | ||
campus at which at least 40 percent of the students are | ||
educationally disadvantaged. In meeting the costs of providing a | ||
compensatory, intensive, or accelerated instruction program under | ||
Section 29.081, a district's compensatory education allotment | ||
shall be used for costs supplementary to the regular education | ||
program, such as costs for program and student evaluation, | ||
instructional materials and equipment and other supplies required | ||
for quality instruction, supplemental staff expenses, salary for | ||
teachers of at-risk students, smaller class size, and | ||
individualized instruction. A home-rule school district or an | ||
open-enrollment charter school must use funds allocated under | ||
Subsection (a) for a purpose authorized in this subsection but is | ||
not otherwise subject to Subchapter C, Chapter 29. For purposes of | ||
this subsection, a program specifically designed to serve students | ||
at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081, is | ||
considered to be a program supplemental to the regular education | ||
program, and a district may use its compensatory education | ||
allotment for such a program. | ||
SECTION 11. Sections 42.153(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a | ||
bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, | ||
Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to | ||
the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by 0.25 [ |
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(b) Funds allocated under this section, other than an | ||
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education | ||
rule, which may not exceed 25 percent, must be used in providing | ||
bilingual education or special language programs under Subchapter | ||
B, Chapter 29, and must be accounted for under existing agency | ||
reporting and auditing procedures. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 42.251(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The program shall be financed by: | ||
(1) ad valorem tax revenue generated by an equalized | ||
uniform school district effort; | ||
(2) ad valorem tax revenue generated by local school | ||
district effort in excess of the equalized uniform school district | ||
effort; and | ||
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public school education and allocated to each district in an amount | ||
sufficient to finance the cost of each district's Foundation School | ||
Program not covered by other funds specified in this subsection. | ||
SECTION 13. Sections 42.253(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each school year the commissioner shall determine: | ||
(1) the amount of money to which a school district is | ||
entitled under Subchapters B and C; | ||
(2) the amount of money to which a school district is | ||
entitled under Subchapter F; | ||
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share under Section 42.252; and | ||
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share under Section 42.302. | ||
(c) Each school district is entitled to an amount equal to | ||
the difference for that district between the sum of Subsections | ||
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SECTION 14. Sections 42.302(a) and (a-1), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount | ||
per weighted student in state and local funds for each cent of tax | ||
effort over that required for the district's local fund assignment | ||
up to the maximum level specified in this subchapter. The amount | ||
of state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section | ||
42.303, is determined by the formula: | ||
GYA = (GL X WADA X DTR X 100) - LR | ||
where: | ||
"GYA" is the guaranteed yield amount of state funds to be | ||
allocated to the district; | ||
"GL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local | ||
funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort, which is an | ||
amount described by Subsection (a-1) or a greater amount for any | ||
year provided by appropriation; | ||
"WADA" is the number of students in weighted average daily | ||
attendance, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the school | ||
district's allotments under Subchapters B and C, less any allotment | ||
to the district for transportation, any allotment under Section | ||
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42.102, by the basic allotment for the applicable year; | ||
"DTR" is the district enrichment tax rate of the school | ||
district, which is determined by subtracting the amounts specified | ||
by Subsection (b) from the total amount of maintenance and | ||
operations taxes collected by the school district for the | ||
applicable school year and dividing the difference by the quotient | ||
of the district's taxable value of property as determined under | ||
Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if applicable, | ||
under Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and | ||
"LR" is the local revenue, which is determined by multiplying | ||
"DTR" by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property as | ||
determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if | ||
applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided by 100. | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount | ||
guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per | ||
cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is: | ||
(1) the greater of the amount of district tax revenue | ||
per weighted student per cent of tax effort that would be available | ||
to the Austin Independent School District or the amount that would | ||
be available to a district at the 95th percentile in wealth per | ||
student, as determined by the commissioner in cooperation with the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, if the reduction of the limitation on tax | ||
increases as provided by Section 11.26(a-1), (a-2), or (a-3), Tax | ||
Code, did not apply, [ |
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by which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds | ||
the rate equal to the sum of the product of the state compression | ||
percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the | ||
maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the | ||
2005 tax year and any additional tax effort included in calculating | ||
the district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); and | ||
(2) the amount of district tax revenue per weighted | ||
student per cent of tax effort available to a district with | ||
maintenance and operations tax revenue per cent of tax effort equal | ||
to the maximum amount provided per cent under Section 42.101(a) or | ||
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effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 15. Effective September 1, 2018, Section | ||
42.302(a-1), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount | ||
guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per | ||
cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is: | ||
(1) the greater of the amount of district tax revenue | ||
per weighted student per cent of tax effort that would be available | ||
to the Austin Independent School District or the amount that would | ||
be available to a district at the 95th percentile in wealth per | ||
student, as determined by the commissioner in cooperation with the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, if the reduction of the limitation on tax | ||
increases as provided by Section 11.26(a-1), (a-2), or (a-3), Tax | ||
Code, did not apply, [ |
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by which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds | ||
the rate equal to the sum of the product of the state compression | ||
percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the | ||
maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the | ||
2005 tax year and any additional tax effort included in calculating | ||
the district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); and | ||
(2) the amount of district tax revenue per weighted | ||
student per cent of tax effort available to a district with | ||
maintenance and operations tax revenue per cent of tax effort equal | ||
to the maximum amount provided per cent under Section 42.101(a), | ||
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operations tax effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort | ||
described by Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 16. Section 43.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The term "scholastic population" in Subsection (b) or | ||
any other law governing the apportionment, distribution, and | ||
transfer of the available school fund means all students of school | ||
age enrolled in weighted average daily attendance the preceding | ||
school year in the public elementary and high school grades of | ||
school districts within or under the jurisdiction of a county of | ||
this state. | ||
(c-1) The amount provided to a school district as a result | ||
of the annual apportionment of the available school fund in | ||
accordance with Subsection (b) is in addition to amounts to which | ||
the district is entitled under Chapter 42. | ||
SECTION 17. Section 45.259(d), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) If money appropriated for the Foundation School Program | ||
is used for purposes of this subchapter and as a result there is | ||
insufficient money to fully fund the Foundation School Program, the | ||
commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, reduce each school | ||
district's foundation school fund allocations[ |
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manner provided by Section 42.253(h) for a case in which school | ||
district entitlements exceed the amount appropriated. The | ||
following fiscal year, a district's entitlement under Section | ||
42.253 is increased by an amount equal to the reduction under this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 18. The following provisions of the Education Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 29.097(g); | ||
(2) Section 29.098(e); | ||
(3) Sections 29.203(b), (c), and (g); | ||
(4) Section 39.233; | ||
(5) Section 39.234; | ||
(6) Sections 41.002(e), (f), and (g); | ||
(7) Section 41.097; | ||
(8) Section 41.098; | ||
(9) Section 42.157; | ||
(10) Section 42.160; and | ||
(11) Section 42.4101. | ||
SECTION 19. Except as otherwise provided by this Act: | ||
(1) this Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this | ||
Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each | ||
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; | ||
and | ||
(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
effect on that date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |