SRC-MKV S.B. 450 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 450
77R3077 KKA-DBy: Duncan
Education
2/28/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

According to the Texas Education Agency, 525 school districts experienced a
decline in student enrollment between 1998-99 and 1999-2000.  Of these
school districts, 58 percent had declines of two percent or greater, and
each student that a district loses results in a reduction of state aid of
$5,000.  S.B. 450 allows districts that experience losses of enrollment
greater thantwo percent to receive funding based on 98 percent of their
previous year's actual average daily attendance which would provide school
districts with a safety net to make necessary budget adjustments in a
reasonable amount of time. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 42.005 (b), Education Code, to require a school
district that experiences a decline of two percent or more in average daily
attendance to be funded on the basis of the actual average daily attendance
of the preceding school year, if the decline is the result of the closing
or reduction in personnel of a military base, or an average daily
attendance equal to 98 percent of the actual average daily attendance of
the preceding school year, if the decline is not the result of the closing
or reduction in personnel of a military base. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.