Bill Text: TX HB1017 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study of the impact and feasibility of adopting average daily membership when determining the entitlement of a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1017 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1017-Introduced.html
| By: Bernal | H.B. No. 1017 | |
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| relating to a study of the impact and feasibility of adopting | ||
| average daily membership when determining the entitlement of a | ||
| school district or open-enrollment charter school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The commissioner of education shall conduct | ||
| a study of the impact and feasibility of adopting average daily | ||
| membership when determining the entitlement of a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school. | ||
| (b) The commissioner of education shall establish an | ||
| advisory committee to assist the commissioner of education in | ||
| conducting the study. The advisory committee must be composed of: | ||
| (1) the following representatives appointed by the | ||
| commissioner of education: | ||
| (A) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered a "major urban" district, as defined by the Texas | ||
| Education Agency; | ||
| (B) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered a "major suburban" district, as defined by the Texas | ||
| Education Agency; | ||
| (C) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered an "other central city" district, as defined by the | ||
| Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (D) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered an "other central city suburban" district, as defined | ||
| by the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (E) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered an "independent town" district, as defined by the | ||
| Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (F) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered a "non-metropolitan: fast growing" district, as | ||
| defined by the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (G) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered a "non-metropolitan: stable" district, as defined by | ||
| the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (H) one representative of a school district that | ||
| is considered a "rural" district, as defined by the Texas Education | ||
| Agency; | ||
| (I) one or more representatives from an | ||
| open-enrollment charter school; | ||
| (J) one or more representatives from | ||
| organizations interested in the effect of chronic absenteeism; | ||
| (K) public school finance experts; | ||
| (L) one or more representatives from the Texas | ||
| Demographic Center; and | ||
| (M) agency staff, as appropriate. | ||
| (c) The commissioner of education, with the assistance of | ||
| the advisory committee, shall study: | ||
| (1) the impact of transitioning from average daily | ||
| attendance to average daily membership on entitlements for school | ||
| districts and open-enrollment charter schools and the state school | ||
| finance system, disaggregated by all student groups served by the | ||
| districts and open-enrollment charter schools, including | ||
| categories of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, populations | ||
| eligible for allotments under Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education | ||
| Code, and populations served by special programs, including | ||
| students in special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
| 29, Education Code; and | ||
| (2) the statutory and administrative changes that | ||
| would be necessary to effectively calculate district entitlements | ||
| under Subsection (c)(1); | ||
| (d) In studying the adoption of a new model for entitlement | ||
| calculations, the commissioner of education and the advisory | ||
| committee must compare the benefits and costs among different types | ||
| of districts, including comparisons between: | ||
| (1) "major urban" districts, as defined by the Texas | ||
| Education Agency; | ||
| (2) "major suburban" districts, as defined by the | ||
| Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (3) "other central city" districts, as defined by the | ||
| Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (4) "other central city suburban" districts, as | ||
| defined by the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (5) "independent town" districts, as defined by the | ||
| Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (6) "non-metropolitan: fast growth" districts, as | ||
| defined by the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (7) "non-metropolitan: stable" districts, as defined | ||
| by the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (8) "rural" districts, as defined by the Texas | ||
| Education Agency; and | ||
| (9) open-enrollment charter districts. | ||
| (e) The commissioner of education and the advisory | ||
| committee shall prepare a report that: | ||
| (1) forecasts the fiscal impact to the State to | ||
| transition from the current school finance system that utilizes | ||
| average daily attendance to the systems described in Subsection | ||
| (c)(1) for a period of five years; | ||
| (2) evaluates relevant academic research regarding | ||
| the connection between attendance and academic success, and methods | ||
| and their cost to improve attendance in chronically absent | ||
| populations; and | ||
| (3) make recommendations regarding: | ||
| (A) methods for transitioning away from | ||
| utilizing average daily attendance as a system of funding | ||
| distribution to using a system that is dependent on both student | ||
| enrollment and student attendance in a manner that offers funding | ||
| stability; | ||
| (B) phasing in a new approach under Subsection | ||
| (c)(1) in a manner that would lessen the overall cost burden to the | ||
| state; and | ||
| (C) appropriate ways to consider enrollment when | ||
| determining entitlement calculations, including establishing | ||
| average daily membership as a calculation model; | ||
| (f) The commissioner of education may partner with school | ||
| districts, open-enrollment charter schools, or other appropriate | ||
| entities for assistance and to obtain information necessary to | ||
| conduct the study. A state agency, school district, or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school shall assist the commissioner of | ||
| education if the commissioner of education requests information or | ||
| assistance in conducting the study. | ||
| (g) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commissioner of | ||
| education shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, | ||
| members of the texas senate, speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives and members of the Texas house of representatives | ||
| the report prepared under Subsection (e) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
