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


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2864
By: Sadler
Public Education
4/18/2001
Introduced

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a school district is entitled to a basic allotment (BA)
of $2,537 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 midsized school
districts is then adjusted based on specific formulas to produce the
adjusted allotment per student (AA).  Several of the formulas are no longer
current and as such do not produce a valid adjustment.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House Bill 2864 amends the Education Code to remove outdated formulas for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.