By:  Ellis                                            S.R. No. 1292
     1-10           SECTION 31.  Subsections (b), (c), and (d), Section 16.260,
     1-11     Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
     1-12           (b)  Payments from the foundation school fund to each
     1-13     category 1 school district shall be made as follows:
     1-14                 (1)  15 <21> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     1-15     district shall be paid in an installment <two equal installments>
     1-16     to be made on or before the 25th day of September <and October> of
     1-17     a fiscal year;
     1-18                 (2)  80 <57> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     1-19     district shall be paid in eight <six> equal installments to be made
     1-20     on or before the 25th day of October, November, December, January,
     1-21     <February,> March, May, June, and July; and
     1-22                 (3)  five <22> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     1-23     district shall be paid in an installment <two equal installments>
     1-24     to be made on or before the 25th day of February <April and May>.
     1-25           (c)  Payments from the foundation school fund to each
     2-10                 (3)  9.5 <seven> percent of the yearly entitlement of
     2-11     the district shall be paid in an installment <two equal
     2-12     installments> to be made on or before the 25th day of November
     2-13     <January and February>;
     2-14                 (4)  7.5 <22> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     2-15     district shall be paid in an installment <two equal installments>
     2-16     to be made on or before the 25th day of April <and May>; <and>
     2-17                 (5)  five <12> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     2-18     district shall be paid in an installment <two equal installments>
     2-19     to be made on or before the 25th day of May;
     2-20                 (6)  10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     2-21     district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before
     2-22     the 25th day of June;
     2-23                 (7)  13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     2-24     district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before
     2-25     the 25th day of July; and
     2-26                 (8)  15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     3-10     district shall be paid in þ_an installment <six equal installments>
     3-11     to be made on or before the 25th day of October <November,
     3-12     December, March, June, July, and August>; and
     3-13                 (3)  20 <22> percent of the yearly entitlement of the
     3-14     district shall be paid in an installment <two equal installments>
     3-15     to be made on or before the 25th day of August <April and May>.
     3-16           Explanation:  This addition is necessary to enable the state
     3-17     to accelerate payments from the foundation school fund.
     3-18           2.  Subdivision (4), Senate Rule 12.03, is suspended to
     3-19     permit the committee to add Subsection (c) to Section 32 of the
     3-20     bill, renumbered as Section 33, to read as follows:
     3-21           (c)  The change in law made by this Act in Section 16.260,
     3-22     Education Code, prevails over any conflicting Act of the 74th
     3-23     Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, including S.B. No. 1,
     3-24     regardless of the relative dates of enactment.
     3-25           Explanation:  This addition is necessary for the preceding
     3-26     addition, relating to distribution of the foundation school fund,