Bill Text: TX SB240 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the state's contribution to the financing of public education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Education [SB240 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB240-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 240 | |
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| relating to the state's contribution to the financing of public | ||
| education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) It is the policy of this state that the state's | ||
| contribution to the financing of public education should not | ||
| decrease as a result of an increase in local property values. To | ||
| further that policy, the legislature shall provide in the General | ||
| Appropriations Act for a basic allotment under Section 42.101 and a | ||
| guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per | ||
| cent of tax effort under Section 42.302 that are sufficient to | ||
| result in at least a level of state expenditure equal to the state's | ||
| expenditure for the preceding biennium. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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 for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
