Bill Text: TX SCR2 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting that the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives create a joint interim committee to study issuance of credit against required recapture payments for Gulf Coast county school districts with excess facilities costs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-31 - Filed [SCR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR2-Introduced.html
| 88S10106 KSM-D | ||
| By: LaMantia | S.C.R. No. 2 | |
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| WHEREAS, School districts in counties along the state's Gulf | ||
| Coast are subject to greater expenses than their inland | ||
| counterparts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Due to their geographical location, districts in | ||
| coastal counties are confronted with exceptional costs that are | ||
| expected to continue to rise; recent years have seen more frequent | ||
| and intense hurricanes and rainfall, leading to significant | ||
| expenditures for maintenance, renovations, and repairs; moreover, | ||
| insurance premiums are climbing as companies reassess risk in | ||
| regions that are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Currently, the recapture formulas of the public | ||
| school finance system do not take into consideration the elevated | ||
| expenses borne by school districts in counties along the Gulf | ||
| Coast; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 1st Called Session, hereby request that the Lieutenant Governor and | ||
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives create a joint interim | ||
| committee to study issuance of credit against required recapture | ||
| payments for Gulf Coast county school districts with excess | ||
| facilities costs; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
| findings and recommendations, to the 89th Texas Legislature in | ||
| January 2025. | ||
