By: Guillen H.B. No. 131
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for
  certain students enrolled in excess of class size limitations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.116.  CLASS SIZE ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district
  is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment
  multiplied by 0.48 for each student in the district enrolled in a
  class in excess of the maximum number of students permitted to be
  enrolled in that class under Section 25.112(a) if the district has
  been granted an exception under Section 25.112(d) from class size
  limits for the two preceding school years.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total amount that
  may be used to provide allotments under that subsection for a school
  year may not exceed $320 million. If the total amount of allotments
  to which school districts are entitled under Subsection (a) for a
  school year exceeds the amount permitted under this subsection, the
  commissioner shall proportionately reduce the amount of each
  district's allotment until the total amount for the allotments is
  equal to the amount permitted under this subsection.
         SECTION 2. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  Subject to Subsection (e), in addition to other
  amounts provided by this section, in a geographic area within 5
  miles of a district, including the geographic area of the district,
  that has been granted an exception under Section 25.112(d) from
  class size limits for the two preceding school years, a charter
  holder is entitled to receive, for the open-enrollment charter
  school, funding per student in average daily attendance in an
  amount equal to the guaranteed level of state and local funds per
  student per cent of tax effort under Section 46.032(a) multiplied
  by the lesser of:
               (1)  the state average interest and sinking fund tax
  rate imposed by school districts for the current year; or
               (2)  a rate that would result in a total amount to which
  charter schools are entitled under this subsection for the current
  year equal to $60 million.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2024.