The bill would amend Section 39.53(g-4) of the Education Code to exclude students from the computation of dropout and completion rates if the student received interventions from the district as described in Section 26.004 .
The bill would amend the small and mid-sized allotment by basing the allotment on refined average daily attendance, as described in Section 48.005, rather than regular program average daily attendance.
The bill would amend Section 48.110(f) of the Education Code by counting students who earn an associates degree while attending high school or during a time period established by the Commissioner for purposes of calculating the college, career, and military readiness outcomes bonus (CCMR).
This bill would alter the weighted formula and the criteria to receive the Fast Growth Allotment found in Section 48.111 of the Education Code. Rather than giving all districts that qualify the same 0.04 weight for each student in average daily attendance, the bill would divide those districts into 4 categories, each with a separate weight. The fastest growth category would receive a weight of 0.064, the second fastest growth category would receive a weight of 0.048, the third fastest growth category would receive a weight of 0.032, and the fourth fastest growth category would receive a weight of 0.016. The criteria for a district to receive the allotment will change from percentage growth to absolute growth, potentially affecting total recapture.
The bill would amend the section 48.257(c) of the Education Code, allowing districts to net state aid received against recapture.
The bill would amend subchapter A, Chapter 49 of the Education Code by adding Section 49.0041. Any district that did not receive formal notification of excess local revenue status under 49.004(a) of the Education Code, but would have otherwise been subject to local revenue in excess of entitlement provisions, would have that excess local revenue added to any amount subject to recapture in the following school year for the applicable district.
The bill would repeal Section 25.038 which allows a receiving district to charge a tuition fee to the extent the district's actual expenditure per student exceeds the benefits from state aid.