By Solis H.B. No. 933
77R3540 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the inclusion of certain students attending magnet
1-3 schools in other districts in the computation of weighted average
1-4 daily attendance of the school district in which the students
1-5 reside.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. Section 41.0031, Education Code, is amended to
1-8 read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 41.0031. INCLUSION OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS, [AND]
1-10 NONRESIDENTS, AND CERTAIN MAGNET SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WEIGHTED
1-11 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. In determining whether a school district
1-12 has a wealth per student less than or equal to the equalized wealth
1-13 level, the commissioner shall use:
1-14 (1) the district's final weighted average daily
1-15 attendance; [and]
1-16 (2) the number of attendance credits a district
1-17 purchases under Subchapter D;
1-18 (3) [or] the number of nonresident students a district
1-19 educates under Subchapter E for a school year; and
1-20 (4) the average daily attendance of students who
1-21 attend a magnet school in another school district whose territory
1-22 overlaps that of the district and of other districts if the
1-23 students:
1-24 (A) previously attended school in the district;
2-1 and
2-2 (B) are eligible under Section 25.001(a) to
2-3 attend school in the district.
2-4 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-5 school year.
2-6 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.