Bill Text: TX SB1887 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Education [SB1887 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1887-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1887 |
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relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER K. PERFORMANCE-BASED SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING | ||
Sec. 42.551. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "weighted | ||
average daily attendance" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
42.302. | ||
Sec. 42.552. USE OF PRECEDING YEAR PERFORMANCE. The | ||
eligibility of a school district for supplemental funding under | ||
this subchapter during a school year is based on the district's | ||
performance, as described by the applicable provision of this | ||
subchapter, during the preceding school year. | ||
Sec. 42.553. DETERMINATION BY COMMISSIONER. A | ||
determination by the commissioner of the amount of supplemental | ||
funding to be provided to a school district under this subchapter is | ||
final and may not be appealed. | ||
Sec. 42.554. USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. A school | ||
district may use supplemental funding received under this | ||
subchapter for any purpose authorized under Section 45.105(c). | ||
Sec. 42.555. RULES. The commissioner may adopt rules to | ||
implement this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 42.556. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BASED ON COMPARATIVE | ||
ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. (a) The commissioner shall | ||
evaluate each school district using a system that: | ||
(1) integrates district academic achievement | ||
information and financial performance information available | ||
through the Public Education Information Management System | ||
(PEIMS); and | ||
(2) using matrices, quadrants, or quartiles, rates or | ||
ranks school districts according to academic return on financial | ||
investment. | ||
(b) For each student in weighted average daily attendance, a | ||
school district with a rating or ranking above a minimum level | ||
specified by the commissioner may receive supplemental funding | ||
according to a graduated scale provided by appropriation under | ||
which the amount per student increases in correlation with a | ||
district's higher rating or ranking. | ||
Sec. 42.557. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BASED ON STAR RATING | ||
SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "star rating system" means a system | ||
administered by a state agency using state funds that: | ||
(1) evaluates a school district's academic progress | ||
and fiscal performance; and | ||
(2) awards a rating that ranges from one to five stars, | ||
with ratings provided in half-star increments. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall select a star rating system to be | ||
used for purposes of this section. The system selected by the | ||
commissioner must: | ||
(1) evaluate a school district's academic progress | ||
using regression analysis to predict student performance in | ||
mathematics and reading, with consideration given to student | ||
demographic characteristics, including sex, race, socioeconomic | ||
status, limited English proficiency, special education status, and | ||
grade level; and | ||
(2) evaluate a school district's fiscal performance in | ||
comparison to other school districts that operate in similar labor | ||
markets, are of similar size, and serve students with similar | ||
demographic characteristics. | ||
(c) For each student in weighted average daily attendance, a | ||
school district with a rating of at least three stars may receive | ||
supplemental funding according to a graduated scale provided by | ||
appropriation under which the amount per student increases in | ||
correlation with a greater number of stars in a district's rating. | ||
Sec. 42.558. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BASED ON ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
COST RATIO. (a) In this section, a school district's | ||
administrative cost ratio is determined by dividing the sum of the | ||
district's expenditures for instructional leadership and general | ||
administration by the sum of the district's expenditures for | ||
instruction, instructional resources and media services, | ||
curriculum and instructional staff development, and guidance, | ||
counseling, and evaluation services. | ||
(b) For each student in weighted average daily attendance, a | ||
school district may receive supplemental funding in an amount | ||
specified by appropriation if: | ||
(1) for a district with an average daily attendance of | ||
10,000 or more, the district has an administrative cost ratio of | ||
less than 8.55 percent; | ||
(2) for a district with an average daily attendance of | ||
at least 5,000 but less than 10,000, the district has an | ||
administrative cost ratio of less than 10 percent; | ||
(3) for a district with an average daily attendance of | ||
at least 1,000 but less than 5,000, the district has an | ||
administrative cost ratio of less than 11.51 percent; | ||
(4) for a district with an average daily attendance of | ||
at least 500 but less than 1,000, the district has an administrative | ||
cost ratio of less than 13.11 percent; and | ||
(5) for a district with an average daily attendance of | ||
less than 500, the district has an administrative cost ratio of less | ||
than 24.04 percent. | ||
Sec. 42.559. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BASED ON DEBT PER | ||
STUDENT. For each student in weighted average daily attendance, a | ||
school district may receive supplemental funding in an amount | ||
specified by appropriation if: | ||
(1) the district does not receive state assistance | ||
under Subchapter B, Chapter 46; | ||
(2) the district's enrollment growth for the preceding | ||
10-year period is at least 25 percent; and | ||
(3) the district's general obligation principal debt | ||
per student did not exceed $25,000 in any of the 10 preceding fiscal | ||
years. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.251(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The sum of the basic allotment under Subchapter B and | ||
the special allotments under Subchapter C, computed in accordance | ||
with this chapter, constitute the tier one allotments. The sum of | ||
the tier one allotments, [ |
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under Subchapter F, computed in accordance with this chapter, and | ||
amounts provided under Subchapter K constitute the total cost of | ||
the Foundation School Program. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 42.253(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each school year the commissioner shall determine: | ||
(1) the amount of money to which a school district is | ||
entitled under Subchapters B and C; | ||
(2) the amount of money to which a school district is | ||
entitled under Subchapter F; | ||
(3) the amount of money to be provided to a school | ||
district, if any, under Subchapter K; | ||
(4) the amount of money allocated to the district from | ||
the available school fund; | ||
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share under Section 42.252; and | ||
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share under Section 42.302. | ||
(c) Each school district is entitled to an amount equal to | ||
the difference for that district between the sum of Subsections | ||
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |