Bill Text: TX HB587 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a technology applications course allotment under the foundation school program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Left pending in committee [HB587 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB587-Introduced.html

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85R780 MEW-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 587

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a technology applications course
allotment under the foundation school program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.1542 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.1542. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS COURSE ALLOTMENT.
(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily
attendance in an approved technology applications course, a
district is entitled to:
(1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
allotment multiplied by the weight specified in Section
42.154(a)(1); and
(2) the amount specified in Section 42.154(a)(2), if
the student is enrolled in two or more advanced technology
applications courses for a total of three or more credits.
(b) In this section, "full-time equivalent" means 30 hours
of contact a week between a student and technology applications
course personnel.
(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
rule, must be used in providing technology applications courses in
grades 9 through 12.
SECTION 2. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not
including the time students spend each day in special education
programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream
programs, [or] career and technology education programs, or
technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment
is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the
following formula:
A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR)
where:
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.