Bill Text: TX SB604 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the determination of wealth per student for school districts with cost-effective spending and measurable student academic progress.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Education [SB604 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB604-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 604 | |
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| relating to the determination of wealth per student for school | ||
| districts with cost-effective spending and measurable student | ||
| academic progress. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 41.0022 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 41.0022. WEALTH PER STUDENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH | ||
| CERTAIN HIGH RATINGS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||
| chapter, if a school district with a current TXSmartSchools rating | ||
| from the Texans for Positive Economic Policy of at least four stars | ||
| on a five-star scale, or the equivalent of that rating under any | ||
| subsequent system developed by the Texans for Positive Economic | ||
| Policy, has a wealth per student that exceeds the equalized wealth | ||
| level under Section 41.002(a)(1), (2), or (3), the commissioner | ||
| shall consider the district to have, before exercising one or more | ||
| options under Section 41.003, reduced the district's wealth per | ||
| student by an amount equal to five percent of the difference between | ||
| the district's wealth per student and the equalized wealth level | ||
| under Section 41.002(a)(1), (2), or (3), as applicable. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
