Bill Text: TX SB2215 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state fiscal matters related to public education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Finance [SB2215 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2215-Introduced.html
By: Taylor of Galveston | S.B. No. 2215 | |
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relating to state fiscal matters related to public education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES AND IMPOSITION OF CHARGES | ||
GENERALLY | ||
SECTION 1.01. This article applies to any state agency, | ||
school, or other entity other than an institution of higher | ||
education, that receives an appropriation under Article III of the | ||
General Appropriations Act. | ||
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) 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 | ||
(5) 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 a state agency, school, or | ||
other entity other than an institution of higher education, that | ||
receives an appropriation under Article III of the General | ||
Appropriations Act, is not entitled to an amount from the state for | ||
expenses, per diem, travel, or salary that exceeds the amount | ||
authorized for those purposes by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
SECTION 2.02. An employee of a state agency, school, or | ||
other entity other than an institution of higher education, that | ||
receives an appropriation under Article III of the General | ||
Appropriations Act, is not entitled to an amount from the state for | ||
a salary, a salary supplement, office expenses or reimbursement of | ||
office expenses, or travel that exceeds the amount authorized for | ||
those purposes by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
ARTICLE 3. SCHEDULE OF INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS | ||
SECTION 3.01. Subsections (c), (d), and (f), Section | ||
42.259, Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to each | ||
category 2 school district shall be made as follows: | ||
(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of September of a fiscal year; | ||
(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of October; | ||
(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of November; | ||
(4) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of April; | ||
(5) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of May; | ||
(6) 10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of June; | ||
(7) 13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of July; and | ||
(8) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th | ||
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the | ||
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under | ||
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(d) Payments from the foundation school fund to each | ||
category 3 school district shall be made as follows: | ||
(1) 45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of September of a fiscal year; | ||
(2) 35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of October; and | ||
(3) 20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th | ||
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the | ||
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under | ||
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(f) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), any | ||
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owed to a district shall be paid to the district together with the | ||
September payment of the current fiscal year entitlement. | ||
SECTION 3.02. Subsection (c), Section 466.355, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Each August the comptroller shall: | ||
(1) estimate the amount to be transferred to the | ||
foundation school fund on or before September 15; and | ||
(2) notwithstanding Subsection (b)(4), transfer the | ||
amount estimated in Subdivision (1) to the foundation school fund | ||
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SECTION 3.03. Subsections (c) and (e) of Section 42.2591, | ||
Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to an | ||
open-enrollment charter school under this section shall be made as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school | ||
shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day | ||
of September of a fiscal year; | ||
(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school | ||
shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day | ||
of October; | ||
(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of November; | ||
(4) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of December; | ||
(5) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of January; | ||
(6) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of February; | ||
(7) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of March; | ||
(8) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of April; | ||
(9) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of May; | ||
(10) seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of June; | ||
(11) seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the | ||
25th day of July; and | ||
(12) eight percent of the yearly entitlement of the | ||
school shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th day | ||
of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the | ||
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under | ||
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(12), previously | ||
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to an open-enrollment charter school shall be paid to the school | ||
together with the September payment of the current fiscal year | ||
entitlement. | ||
SECTION 3.04. The changes made by this article to Sections | ||
42.259 and 42.2591, Education Code, apply only to a payment from the | ||
foundation school fund that is made on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A payment to a school district from the foundation | ||
school fund that is made before that date is governed by Sections | ||
42.259 and 42.2591, Education Code, as it existed before amendment | ||
by this article, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
ARTICLE 4. PILOT PROGRAMS | ||
SECTION 4.01 PILOT PROGRAM PROPOSALS AND RULES. The | ||
commissioner of each state agency to which this article applies may | ||
propose to the appropriate legislative committee pilot programs | ||
that could be tested to determine if the programs might produce long | ||
term fiscal benefits to the state. The commissioner may propose | ||
rules necessary to implement the pilot programs. | ||
ARTICLE 5. REPEALER | ||
SECTION 5.01 Section 42.262, Education Code, is repealed. | ||
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 on the 91st day after the last day of | ||
the legislative session. |