By Luna S.B. No. 198
76R1463 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the computation of average daily attendance in certain
1-3 school districts that experience a decline in attendance.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.005(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) A school district that experiences a decline of two
1-8 percent or more in average daily attendance as a result of factors
1-9 beyond the control of the district [the closing or reduction in
1-10 personnel of a military base] shall be funded on the basis of the
1-11 actual average daily attendance of the preceding school year. For
1-12 purposes of this section, factors beyond the control of a district
1-13 include:
1-14 (1) the closing or reduction in personnel of a
1-15 military base;
1-16 (2) the closing or reduction in personnel of a major
1-17 employer;
1-18 (3) the closing of a significant residential housing
1-19 facility in the district;
1-20 (4) the introduction of a program to assist district
1-21 students in attending private school; or
1-22 (5) a natural disaster that results in families
1-23 leaving the district.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.