SRC-CTC S.B. 1461 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1461 77R4751 KKA-FBy: Nelson Education 3/30/2001 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Currently, new instructional facilities receive an allotment of $250 per student in average daily attendance for the first school year in which students attend the new facility, and the total allotments for new facilities is capped at $25 million per year. These funding levels are insufficient to adequately offset the extraordinary costs for equipment and other operating expenses associated with opening new campuses. As proposed, S.B. 1461 increases the amount allotted per student in average daily attendance to $500 and removes the $25 million appropriations cap. 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 42.158, Education Code, to increase the allotment a school district is entitled to for each student in average daily attendance for the first school year in which students attend a new instructional facility from $250 to $500. Deletes existing text relating to the maximum allotments allowed under this section. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2001.