Bill Text: TX HB352 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a reduction of the amount required to be paid by certain school districts to achieve the equalized wealth level under the public school finance system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-08 - Left pending in committee [HB352 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB352-Introduced.html
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| By: Faircloth | H.B. No. 352 | |
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| relating to a reduction of the amount required to be paid by certain | ||
| school districts to achieve the equalized wealth level under the | ||
| public school finance system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 41.0933 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 41.0933. REDUCTION FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS | ||
| COSTS. (a) This section applies only to a school district in which | ||
| at least 65 percent of the enrolled students are educationally | ||
| disadvantaged or at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by | ||
| Section 29.081(d). | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a | ||
| school district to which this section applies that executes an | ||
| agreement to purchase all attendance credits necessary to reduce | ||
| the district's wealth per student to the equalized wealth level may | ||
| reduce the total amount required to be paid for attendance credits | ||
| under Section 41.093 by 25 percent. | ||
| (c) A reduction under Subsection (b) shall be made after | ||
| making any reduction to which the district is entitled under | ||
| Section 41.0931, 41.097, or 41.098 or another provision of this | ||
| chapter. | ||
| (d) The district shall use amounts available to the district | ||
| as a result of this section to pay district maintenance and | ||
| operations costs. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this | ||
| Act 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 effect on that | ||
| date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
