Bill Text: TX HB2491 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system for a school district located in a disaster area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2491-Introduced.html
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By: Jetton | H.B. No. 2491 |
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relating to the temporary use of average enrollment for purposes of | ||
the public school finance system for a school district located in a | ||
disaster area. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 48.0061 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.0061. ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING DURING DISASTER. | ||
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, for the | ||
90-day period following the date on which a disaster area is | ||
specified in a declaration of disaster under Chapter 418, | ||
Government Code, the commissioner shall provide funding under | ||
Chapter 46 and this chapter to a school district located wholly or | ||
partly in the disaster area on the basis of the average number of | ||
students enrolled in the district during that period. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |