Bill Text: TX HB19 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the public school finance system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-07 - Filed [HB19 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB19-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 19
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the
  public school finance system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 48.101, Subchapter C, Chapter 48,
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.101.  SMALL AND MID-SIZED DISTRICT ALLOTMENT. (a)
  Small and mid-sized districts are entitled to an annual allotment
  in accordance with this section. In this section:
               (1)  "AA" is the district's annual allotment per
  student in average daily attendance;
               (2)  "ADA" is the number of students in average daily
  attendance for which the district is entitled to an allotment under
  Section 48.051; and
               (3)  "BA" is the basic allotment determined under
  Section 48.051.
         (b)  A school district that has fewer than 1,600 students in
  average daily attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for
  each student in average daily attendance based on the following
  formula:
  AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0004.0008) X BA
         (c)  A school district that offers a kindergarten through
  grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily
  attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in
  average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following
  formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment:
               (1)  the formula in Subsection (b), if the district is
  eligible for that formula; or
               (2)  AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025.00005) X BA.
         (d)  Instead of the allotment under Subsection (b) or (c)(1),
  a school district that has fewer than 300 students in average daily
  attendance and is the only school district located in and operating
  in a county is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in
  average daily attendance based on the following formula:
  AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00047.00094) X BA
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.
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