88R3568 MM-F
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 1628
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to state funding for school districts to which an
  academically unacceptable school district is annexed.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (i-1), (i-2), and
  (i-3) to read as follows:
         (f)  For five years beginning with the school year in which
  the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional
  funding under this subsection or Subsection (h).  The amount of
  funding shall be determined by multiplying the lesser of the
  enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section
  48.256 or the enlarged district's total cost of tier one by a
  fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing
  in the territory annexed to the receiving district preceding the
  date of the annexation and the denominator of which is the number of
  students residing in the district as enlarged on the date of the
  annexation, and multiplying the resulting product by the quotient
  of the enlarged district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
  determined under Section 48.2551, for the current school year
  divided by the receiving district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
  determined under Section 48.2551, for the year in which the
  annexation occurred. The commissioner shall provide the funding
  under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the
  Foundation School Program.  A determination by the commissioner
  under this subsection is final and may not be appealed.
         (i-1)  Notwithstanding any other law, a school district is
  entitled to funding under this section for an annexation that
  occurs on or after June 1, 2013.
         (i-2)  For each school district entitled to funding under
  this section as provided by Subsection (i-1) that, as of September
  1, 2023, has not received the full amount of funding to which the
  district would have been entitled under this section if that
  subsection had been in effect since June 1, 2013, the commissioner
  shall:
               (1)  determine the difference between:
                     (A)  the amount of funding to which the district
  would have been entitled under this section if Subsection (i-1) had
  been in effect since June 1, 2013; and
                     (B)  the amount of funding the district has
  received under this section; and
               (2)  provide the amount determined under Subdivision
  (1) to the district in the form of:
                     (A)  a lump sum; or
                     (B)  equal annual installments over a period not
  to exceed three years.
         (i-3)  This subsection and Subsection (i-2) expire September
  1, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.