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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state funding for school districts to which an |
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academically unacceptable school district is annexed. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (i-1), (i-2), (i-3), |
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and (i-4) to read as follows: |
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(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which |
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the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional |
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funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of |
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funding shall be determined by multiplying the lesser of the |
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enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section |
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48.256 or the enlarged district's total cost of tier one by a |
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fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing |
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in the territory annexed to the receiving district preceding the |
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date of the annexation and the denominator of which is the number of |
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students residing in the district as enlarged on the date of the |
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annexation, and multiplying the resulting product by the quotient |
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of the enlarged district's maximum compressed tax rate, as |
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determined under Section 48.2551, for the current school year |
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divided by the receiving district's maximum compressed tax rate, as |
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determined under Section 48.2551, for the year in which the |
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annexation occurred. The commissioner shall provide the funding |
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under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the |
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Foundation School Program. A determination by the commissioner |
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under this subsection is final and may not be appealed. |
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(i-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district is |
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entitled to funding under this section for an annexation that |
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occurs on or after June 1, 2013. |
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(i-2) For each school district entitled to funding under |
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this section as provided by Subsection (i-1) that, as of September |
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1, 2023, has not received the full amount of funding to which the |
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district would have been entitled under this section if that |
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subsection had been in effect since June 1, 2013, the commissioner |
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shall: |
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(1) determine the difference between: |
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(A) the amount of funding to which the district |
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would have been entitled under this section if Subsection (i-1) had |
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been in effect since June 1, 2013; and |
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(B) the amount of funding the district has |
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received under this section; and |
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(2) provide the amount determined under Subdivision |
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(1) to the district in the form of: |
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(A) a lump sum; or |
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(B) equal annual installments over a period not |
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to exceed three years. |
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(i-3) Each school district that receives funding under |
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Subsection (i-2) for any year shall submit to the commissioner in |
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the form and manner provided by commissioner rule a report on the |
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district's use of the funding for that year. |
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(i-4) This subsection and Subsections (i-2) and (i-3) |
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expire September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |