Bill Text: TX HB61 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a transportation allotment credit for school districts required to take action to reduce wealth per student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-24 - Left pending in committee [HB61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB61-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 61 | |
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| relating to a transportation allotment credit for school districts | ||
| required to take action to reduce wealth per student. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
| (m) A school district that is required to take action under | ||
| Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth | ||
| level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the allotments to | ||
| which the district is entitled under this section, against the | ||
| total amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to | ||
| purchase attendance credits. The commissioner may adopt rules | ||
| necessary to implement this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
| If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect | ||
| September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
