By Gallego                                             H.B. No. 889
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                                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 shall be funded on the
 1-9     basis of:
1-10                 (1)  the actual average daily attendance of the
1-11     preceding school year, if the decline is the [as a] result of the
1-12     closing or reduction in personnel of a military base; or
1-13                 (2)  an average daily attendance equal to 98 percent of
1-14     the actual average daily attendance of the preceding school year,
1-15     if the decline is not the result of the closing or reduction in
1-16     personnel of a military base [shall be funded on the basis of the
1-17     actual average daily attendance of the preceding school year].
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.