Bill Text: TX HB3531 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state fiscal matters related to public education; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Appropriations [HB3531 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3531-Introduced.html
By: Ashby | H.B. No. 3531 |
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relating to state fiscal matters related to public education; | ||
authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES AND IMPOSITION OF FEES OR | ||
CHARGES GENERALLY | ||
SECTION 1.01. This article applies to the Texas Education | ||
Agency, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the | ||
Texas School for the Deaf, and the Teacher Retirement System of | ||
Texas. | ||
SECTION 1.02. Notwithstanding any other statute of this | ||
state, each entity to which this article applies is authorized to | ||
reduce or recover expenditures by: | ||
(1) consolidating any reports or publications the | ||
entity is required to make and filing or delivering any of those | ||
reports or publications exclusively by electronic means; | ||
(2) extending the effective period of any license, | ||
permit, or registration the entity grants or administers; | ||
(3) entering into a contract with another governmental | ||
entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the entity's | ||
duties; | ||
(4) modifying the services provided to and the | ||
eligibility requirements, including the procedures to determine | ||
eligibility, for persons who receive benefits under any federal or | ||
state law the entity administers to ensure that those benefits are | ||
received by the most deserving persons consistent with the purposes | ||
for which the benefits are provided; | ||
(5) providing that any communication between the | ||
entity and another person and any document required to be delivered | ||
to or by the entity, including any application, notice, billing | ||
statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by | ||
e-mail or through the Internet; and | ||
(6) adopting and collecting fees or charges to cover | ||
any costs the entity incurs in performing its lawful functions. | ||
ARTICLE 2. REDUCTION IN GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT | ||
SECTION 2.01. An employee of an entity described by Section | ||
1.01 of this Act is not entitled to an amount from the state for | ||
expenses, including office expenses or reimbursement of office | ||
expenses, per diem, travel, or a salary or salary supplement that | ||
exceeds the amount authorized for those purposes by the General | ||
Appropriations Act. | ||
ARTICLE 3. FISCAL MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION | ||
SECTION 3.01. Section 21.4021(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section 21.401 and subject to Section | ||
21.4022, the board of trustees of a school district may, in | ||
accordance with district policy, implement a furlough program and | ||
reduce the number of days of service otherwise required under | ||
Section 21.401 by not more than seven [ |
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school year if the commissioner certifies in accordance with | ||
Section 42.009 that the district will be provided with less state | ||
and local funding for that year than was provided to the district | ||
for the 2016-2017 [ |
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SECTION 3.02. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | ||
district may not enroll more than 22 students in [ |
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first, second, third, and [ |
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limitation does not apply during: | ||
(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | ||
the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | ||
attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | ||
(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | ||
any other district. | ||
SECTION 3.03. Section 42.009, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.009. DETERMINATION OF FUNDING LEVELS. (a) Not | ||
later than July 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine for | ||
each school district whether the estimated amount of state and | ||
local funding per student in weighted average daily attendance to | ||
be provided to the district under the Foundation School Program for | ||
maintenance and operations for the following school year is less | ||
than the amount provided to the district for the 2016-2017 | ||
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less, the commissioner shall certify the percentage decrease in | ||
funding to be provided to the district. | ||
(b) In making the determinations regarding funding levels | ||
required by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall: | ||
(1) make adjustments as necessary to reflect changes | ||
in a school district's maintenance and operations tax rate; | ||
(2) for a district required to take action under | ||
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth | ||
level, base the determinations on the district's net funding levels | ||
after deducting any amounts required to be expended by the district | ||
to comply with Chapter 41; and | ||
(3) determine a district's weighted average daily | ||
attendance in accordance with this chapter as it existed on January | ||
1, 2017 [ |
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SECTION 3.04. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3.05. This article applies beginning with the | ||
2017-2018 school year. | ||
ARTICLE 4. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING RETIRED TEACHERS | ||
SECTION 4.01. Section 825.404(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Before November 15 [ |
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board of trustees, in coordination with the Legislative Budget | ||
Board, shall certify to the comptroller of public accounts for | ||
review and adoption an estimate of the amount necessary to pay the | ||
state's contributions to the retirement system for the following | ||
biennium. For qualifying employees under Subsection (a-1)(1), the | ||
board of trustees shall include only the amount payable by the state | ||
under Subsection (a-1)(1) in determining the amount to be | ||
certified. | ||
SECTION 4.02. Section 1575.202(a), Insurance Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each state fiscal year, the state shall contribute to | ||
the fund an amount equal to 0.98 [ |
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active employee. | ||
SECTION 4.03. The changes in law made by this article apply | ||
beginning with the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2017. | ||
ARTICLE 5. FISCAL MATTERS CONCERNING ADVANCED PLACEMENT | ||
SECTION 5.01. (a) Section 28.053(i), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) The commissioner shall analyze and adjust, as needed, | ||
the sum of and number of awards to ensure that the purpose of the | ||
program is realized and to account for any budgetary constraints. | ||
(b) This section applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
ARTICLE 6. EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 6.01. 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, 2017. |