Bill Text: TX HJR192 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 192

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to increase the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program and to adjust the allotment in a manner that reflects annual inflation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Public Education [HJR192 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR192-Introduced.html



	By: Martinez Fischer	H.J.R. No. 192



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to
	increase the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program
	and to adjust the allotment in a manner that reflects annual
	inflation.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 3A to read as follows:
	Sec. 3A. THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. For the Fiscal Year of 2025,
	a school district is entitled to a basic allotment equal to $7,500
	for each student in addition to any higher amount per student as
	provided by the Legislature. For all subsequent state fiscal
	years, the Legislature shall set the basic allotment under the
	Foundation School Program at the amount that results from applying
	the inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on the basis of
	changes in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers published
	by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
	Labor, to the allotment for the preceding school year, except that
	the basic allotment may not be set at an amount that is less than the
	amount of the basic allotment established by this provision. The
	comptroller shall, not later than the 90th day of each fiscal year,
	transfer to the Foundation School Fund 25 percent of any
	unencumbered positive balance of general revenues on the last day
	of the preceding fiscal year.
	SECTION 2 . This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment setting the amount of
	the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program and
	providing for its adjustment for annual inflation."