Bill Text: TX HB3722 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to funding adjustments for school districts that annex academically unacceptable school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Received from the House [HB3722 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3722-Engrossed.html
By: King of Hemphill, Faircloth | H.B. No. 3722 |
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relating to funding adjustments for school districts that annex | ||
academically unacceptable school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (h), (i), and (j) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which | ||
the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional | ||
funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of | ||
funding shall be determined [ |
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enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section | ||
42.252 or the enlarged district's total cost of Tier I by a | ||
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing | ||
in the [ |
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preceding the date of the annexation and the denominator of which is | ||
the number of students residing in the district as enlarged on the | ||
date of the annexation. | ||
(h) The commissioner may authorize a district to receive | ||
payments provided by Subchapter G, instead of Subsection (f), if | ||
the commissioner determines that would result in greater payments | ||
for the district. A determination by the commissioner is final and | ||
may not be appealed. | ||
(i) The funding provided under Subsection (f), (g), | ||
or (h) | ||
is in addition to other funding the district receives through other | ||
provisions of the Education Code, including Chapters 41 and 42. | ||
(j) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 41.002(g), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) The wealth per student that a district may have under | ||
Subsection (e) is adjusted as follows: | ||
AWPS = WPS X (((EWL/280,000 - 1) X DTR/1.17[ |
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where: | ||
"AWPS" is the district's wealth per student; | ||
"WPS" is the district's wealth per student determined under | ||
Subsection (e); | ||
"EWL" is the equalized wealth level; and | ||
"DTR" is the district's adopted maintenance and operations | ||
tax rate for the current school year. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 13.054, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies to annexations that occur under Section 13.054 | ||
after September 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |