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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a |
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school district due to a disaster that disrupts in-person |
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attendance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b) and (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commissioner |
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shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district all |
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or part of which is located in an area of a disaster declared by the |
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president of the United States under the Robert T. Stafford |
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section |
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5121 et seq.) or by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, |
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if in-person attendance in the district is disrupted for at least |
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37,800 consecutive instructional minutes due to the disaster. |
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(b) An [The] adjustment under Subsection (a) or (a-1) must |
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be sufficient to ensure that the district receives funding |
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comparable to the funding that the district would have received if |
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the decline in average daily attendance reasonably attributable to |
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the impact of the disaster had not occurred. |
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(c) The commissioner may make the adjustment under |
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Subsection (a) [this section] for the two-year period following the |
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date of the governor's initial proclamation or executive order |
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declaring the state of disaster. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |