HBA-TBM H.B. 2864 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2864
By: Sadler
Public Education
7/3/2001
Enrolled

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

State law entitles a school district to a basic allotment for each student
in average daily attendance.  The BA for each district is adjusted to
reflect the geographic variation in known resource costs and costs of
education due to factors beyond the control of the school district using
the cost of education index to produce the adjusted basic allotment (ABA).
The ABA for certain small and mid-sized school districts is then adjusted
based on specific formulas to produce the adjusted allotment per student
(AA).  Several of the formulas were no longer current and as such did not
produce a valid adjustment.  House Bill 2864 removes invalid formulas for
calculating the AA of small and mid-sized school districts.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2864 amends the Education Code to remove outdated formulas for
calculating the adjusted allotment for a school district that offers a
kindergarten through grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in
average daily attendance.  The bill applies the 2000-2001 school year
formula to future years.  
EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.