Bill Text: TX HB125 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to studying the cost of education index.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Referred to Public Education [HB125 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB125-Introduced.html
By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 125 |
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elating to studying the cost of education index. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding new Section 322.025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 322.025. COST OF EDUCATION STUDY. It is the intent of | ||
the legislature that the Legislative Budget Board, using funds | ||
appropriated by this Act, shall conduct a study on the cost of | ||
education index adjustment contained in Chapter 203, Title 19, | ||
Texas Administrative Code. The study must be based on the most | ||
recent information available regarding costs incurred by school | ||
districts throughout the state and must propose a formula for the | ||
calculation of each public school district's cost of education | ||
index that may be used by the Texas Education Agency in determining | ||
each district's state aid for the 2016-2017 school year and | ||
subsequent school years. The Legislative Budget Board shall issue | ||
recommendations arising from the study to the legislature, the | ||
governor, and the lieutenant governor not later than January 1, | ||
2017. |