Bill Text: TX HB3639 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to state fiscal matters related to public and higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Postponed [HB3639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3639-Comm_Sub.html
82R22338 KKA-D | |||
By: Pitts, Aycock | H.B. No. 3639 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3639: | |||
By: Pitts | C.S.H.B. No. 3639 |
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relating to state fiscal matters related to public and higher | ||
education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES | ||
AND IMPOSITION OF CHARGES GENERALLY | ||
SECTION 1.01. This article applies to any state agency, | ||
school, institution of higher education, or other entity that | ||
receives an appropriation under Article III of the General | ||
Appropriations Act. | ||
SECTION 1.02. Notwithstanding any other statute of this | ||
state, each entity to which this article applies is authorized to | ||
reduce or recover expenditures by: | ||
(1) consolidating any reports or publications the | ||
entity is required to make and filing or delivering any of those | ||
reports or publications exclusively by electronic means; | ||
(2) extending the effective period of any license, | ||
permit, or registration the entity grants or administers; | ||
(3) entering into a contract with another governmental | ||
entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the entity's | ||
duties; | ||
(4) adopting additional eligibility requirements for | ||
persons who receive benefits under any law the entity administers | ||
to ensure that those benefits are received by the most deserving | ||
persons consistent with the purposes for which the benefits are | ||
provided; | ||
(5) providing that any communication between the | ||
entity and another person and any document required to be delivered | ||
to or by the entity, including any application, notice, billing | ||
statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by | ||
e-mail or through the Internet; and | ||
(6) adopting and collecting fees or charges to cover | ||
any costs the entity incurs in performing its lawful functions. | ||
ARTICLE 2. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING RETIRED TEACHERS | ||
SECTION 2.01. Section 825.404(a), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) During each fiscal year, the state shall contribute to | ||
the retirement system an amount equal to at least six and not more | ||
than 10 percent of the aggregate annual compensation of all members | ||
of the retirement system during that fiscal year. [ |
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SECTION 2.02. Section 1575.202(a), Insurance Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each state fiscal year, the state shall contribute to | ||
the fund an amount equal to 0.5 [ |
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active employee. | ||
SECTION 2.03. The changes in law made by this article apply | ||
beginning with the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2011. | ||
ARTICLE 3. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING | ||
FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM PAYMENTS | ||
SECTION 3.01. Sections 42.259(c), (d), and (f), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to each | ||
category 2 school district shall be made as follows: | ||
(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of September of a fiscal year; | ||
(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of October; | ||
(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of November; | ||
(4) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of April; | ||
(5) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of May; | ||
(6) 10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of June; | ||
(7) 13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of July; and | ||
(8) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th | ||
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the | ||
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under | ||
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(d) Payments from the foundation school fund to each | ||
category 3 school district shall be made as follows: | ||
(1) 45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of September of a fiscal year; | ||
(2) 35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of October; and | ||
(3) 20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th | ||
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the | ||
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under | ||
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(f) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), any | ||
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owed to a district shall be paid to the district together with the | ||
September payment of the current fiscal year entitlement. | ||
SECTION 3.02. Section 466.355(c), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3.03. The changes made by this article to Section | ||
42.259, Education Code, apply only to a payment from the foundation | ||
school fund that is made on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A payment to a school district from the foundation school fund that | ||
is made before that date is governed by Section 42.259, Education | ||
Code, as it existed before amendment by this article, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
ARTICLE 4. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING ADVANCED PLACEMENT | ||
SECTION 4.01. Section 28.053(h), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(h) The commissioner may enter into agreements with the | ||
college board and the International Baccalaureate Organization to | ||
pay for all examinations taken by eligible public school students. | ||
An eligible student is a student [ |
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(1) takes a college advanced placement or | ||
international baccalaureate course at a public school or who is | ||
recommended by the student's principal or teacher to take the test; | ||
and | ||
(2) demonstrates financial need as determined in | ||
accordance with guidelines adopted by the board that are consistent | ||
with the definition of financial need adopted by the college board | ||
or the International Baccalaureate Organization. | ||
ARTICLE 5. FISCAL MATTERS | ||
CONCERNING EARLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION | ||
SECTION 5.01. Subchapter K, Chapter 56, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 56.2012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 56.2012. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER; ELIGIBILITY | ||
CLOSED. (a) This subchapter expires September 1, 2017. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 56.203, a person may not | ||
receive an award under this subchapter if the person graduates from | ||
high school on or after September 1, 2011. | ||
SECTION 5.02. Section 54.213(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
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under Section 54.214 gifts, grants, and donations made to the | ||
agency for that purpose. The commissioner of education shall | ||
transfer those funds to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
Board to distribute to institutions of higher education that | ||
provide exemptions under that section. [ |
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SECTION 5.03. Section 56.210, Education Code, is repealed. | ||
ARTICLE 6. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING TUITION EXEMPTIONS | ||
SECTION 6.01. Section 54.214(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) To be eligible for an exemption under this section, a | ||
person must: | ||
(1) be a resident of this state; | ||
(2) be a school employee serving in any capacity; | ||
(3) for the initial term or semester for which the | ||
person receives an exemption under this section, have worked as an | ||
educational aide for at least one school year during the five years | ||
preceding that term or semester; | ||
(4) establish financial need as determined by | ||
coordinating board rule; | ||
(5) be enrolled at the institution of higher education | ||
granting the exemption in courses required for teacher | ||
certification in one or more subject areas determined by the Texas | ||
Education Agency to be experiencing a critical shortage of teachers | ||
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(6) maintain an acceptable grade point average as | ||
determined by coordinating board rule; and | ||
(7) comply with any other requirements adopted by the | ||
coordinating board under this section. | ||
SECTION 6.02. The change in law made by this article applies | ||
beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2011 fall semester. | ||
Tuition and fees charged for a term or semester before the 2011 fall | ||
semester are covered by the law in effect during the term or | ||
semester for which the tuition and fees are charged, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
ARTICLE 7. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING DUAL | ||
HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE CREDIT | ||
SECTION 7.01. Section 130.008(c), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The contact hours attributable to the enrollment of a | ||
high school student in a course offered for joint high school and | ||
junior college credit under this section, excluding a course for | ||
which the student attending high school may receive course credit | ||
toward the physical education curriculum requirement under Section | ||
28.002(a)(2)(C), shall be included in the contact hours used to | ||
determine the junior college's proportionate share of the state | ||
money appropriated and distributed to public junior colleges under | ||
Sections 130.003 and 130.0031, even if the junior college waives | ||
all or part of the tuition or fees for the student under Subsection | ||
(b). | ||
SECTION 7.02. This article applies beginning with funding | ||
for the 2011 fall semester. | ||
ARTICLE 8. EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 8.01. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |