Bill Text: TX SB2312 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to resolve unintended consequences from school finance formulas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Education [SB2312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2312-Introduced.html
| 2023S0282-T 03/09/23 | ||
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 2312 | |
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| relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to | ||
| resolve unintended consequences from school finance formulas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 48.011, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Subject to Subsections (b) and (d), the commissioner may | ||
| adjust a school district's funding entitlement under this chapter | ||
| if the funding formulas used to determine the district's | ||
| entitlement result in an unanticipated loss or gain for a district. | ||
| (a-1) The commissioner may modify dates relating to the | ||
| adoption of a school district's maintenance and operations tax rate | ||
| and, if applicable, an election required for the district to adopt | ||
| that rate as necessary to implement the changes made by H.B. 3, 86th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. | ||
| (b) Before making an adjustment under Subsection (a) or | ||
| (a-1), the commissioner shall notify and must receive approval from | ||
| the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the governor. | ||
| (c) If the commissioner makes an adjustment under | ||
| Subsection (a), the commissioner must provide to the legislature an | ||
| explanation regarding the changes necessary to resolve the | ||
| unintended consequences. | ||
| (d) Beginning with the [ |
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| the commissioner may not make an adjustment under Subsection (a) or | ||
| (a-1). | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, [ |
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| SECTION 2. The changes enacted by this Act apply beginning | ||
| with the 2023-2024 school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2023. | ||
