SRC-JJJ S.B. 592 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 592
76R6201 ESH-DBy: Shapiro
Education
3/25/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law provides a school facilities assistance program.  If a
shortage exists in the program, the commissioner of the Texas Education
Agency is instructed to rank applicants by wealth per student, while taking
into consideration only whether a school district was denied assistance in
the previous biennium.  Fast-growth districts are school districts which
enrolled at last 2,500 students in the 1997-1998 school year, and have
experienced growth rates that exceed the state average of 10 percent over
the past five years.  S.B. 592 would allow include "fast-growth" status to
be considered along with school district wealth as factors for
consideration of the school facilities assistance program. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 592 establishes state assistance for school facilities in
certain fast-growth school districts.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 46.006, Education Code, to establish that a
school district's wealth per student is reduced if a district has had
substantial student enrollment growth in the preceding five-year period.
Provides that the reduction is, in addition to certain other reductions,
computed after the district's wealth per student is reduced.  Sets forth
percentages by which a school district's wealth per student is reduced.
Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.