Bill Text: TX HB881 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustments under the Foundation School Program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB881 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB881-Introduced.html

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85R2498 MEW-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 881

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustments under the
Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.103, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1)
to read as follows:
(b) The basic allotment of a school district that contains
at least 300 square miles and has not more than 1,600 students in
average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the formula:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .0005 [.0004])) X ABA
(c) The basic allotment of a school district that contains
at least 150 square miles but less than 300 square miles and has not
more than 1,600 students in average daily attendance is adjusted by
applying the formula:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .00035 [.00025])) X ABA
(c-1) The basic allotment of a school district that contains
less than 150 square miles and has not more than 1,600 students in
average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the formula:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .0003)) X ABA
(d) The basic allotment of a school district that offers a
kindergarten through grade 12 program and has less than 5,000
students in average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the
formula, of the following formulas, that results in the greatest
adjusted allotment:
(1) the formula in Subsection (b), [or] (c), or (c-1)
for which the district is eligible; or
(2) AA = (1 + ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025)) X ABA.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.