1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to public school finance.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 21.402(c), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (c) The salary factors per step are as follows:
1-7 Years Experience 0 1 2 3 4
1-8 Salary Factor .5656 .5790 .5924 .6058 .6340
1-9 [.5596] [.5728] [.5861] [.5993] [.6272]
1-10 Years Experience 5 6 7 8 9
1-11 Salary Factor .6623 .6906 .7168 .7416 .7651
1-12 [.6552] [.6831] [.7091] [.7336] [.7569]
1-13 Years Experience 10 11 12 13 14
1-14 Salary Factor .7872 .8082 .8281 .8467 .8645
1-15 [.7787] [.7996] [.8192] [.8376] [.8552]
1-16 Years Experience 15 16 17 18 19
1-17 Salary Factor .8811 .8970 .9119 .9260 .9394
1-18 [.8717] [.8874] [.9021] [.9160] [.9293]
1-19 Years Experience 20 and over
1-20 Salary Factor .9520
1-21 [.9418]
1-22 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Education Code, is
1-23 amended by adding Section 41.0021 to read as follows:
1-24 Sec. 41.0021. WEALTH PER STUDENT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS NOT
2-1 SERVING ALL GRADES. (a) Notwithstanding Section 41.002, for the
2-2 2001-2002, 2002-2003, and 2003-2004 school years, a school district
2-3 that in the 1999-2000 school year did not offer each grade level
2-4 from kindergarten through 12 may elect to have its wealth per
2-5 student determined under this section.
2-6 (b) In accordance with a determination of the commissioner,
2-7 the wealth per student that a school district to which this section
2-8 applies may have after exercising an option under Section 41.003(2)
2-9 or (3) is the amount needed to maintain state and local revenue in
2-10 an amount equal to state and local revenue per weighted student for
2-11 maintenance and operation of the district for the 1999-2000 school
2-12 year less the district's current year distribution per weighted
2-13 student from the available school fund, other than amounts
2-14 distributed under Chapter 31, if the district imposes an effective
2-15 tax rate for maintenance and operation of the district equal to the
2-16 district's tax rate for maintenance and operation for the 1999-2000
2-17 school year. For purposes of this subsection, a district's
2-18 effective tax rate is determined as provided by Section 41.002(f).
2-19 (c) The commissioner shall:
2-20 (1) compute the wealth per student levels under this
2-21 section using weighted average daily attendance as defined by
2-22 Section 42.302;
2-23 (2) notify each school district that is eligible to
2-24 have its wealth per student computed under this section; and
2-25 (3) establish a date by which a district must elect to
2-26 have its wealth per student computed under this section.
2-27 (d) A school district that elects to have its wealth per
3-1 student computed under this section:
3-2 (1) is not entitled to state aid to achieve the
3-3 funding levels permitted by Subsection (b);
3-4 (2) is not subject to a limitation on tuition under
3-5 Section 25.039;
3-6 (3) is not eligible for credit for tuition payments
3-7 under Section 41.124(b); and
3-8 (4) is not eligible for an adjustment to the
3-9 district's taxable value of property under Section 42.106.
3-10 (e) This section expires September 1, 2004.
3-11 SECTION 3. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
3-12 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
3-13 as follows:
3-14 (b) A school district that experiences a decline of two
3-15 percent or more in average daily attendance shall be funded on the
3-16 basis of:
3-17 (1) the actual average daily attendance of the
3-18 preceding school year, if the decline is the [as a] result of the
3-19 closing or reduction in personnel of a military base; or
3-20 (2) subject to Subsection (e), an average daily
3-21 attendance not to exceed 98 percent of the actual average daily
3-22 attendance of the preceding school year, if the decline is not the
3-23 result of the closing or reduction in personnel of a military base
3-24 [shall be funded on the basis of the actual average daily
3-25 attendance of the preceding school year].
3-26 (e) For each school year, the commissioner shall adjust the
3-27 average daily attendance of school districts that are entitled to
4-1 funding on the basis of an adjusted average daily attendance under
4-2 Subsection (b)(2) so that:
4-3 (1) all districts are funded on the basis of the same
4-4 percentage of the preceding year's actual average daily attendance;
4-5 and
4-6 (2) the total cost to the state does not exceed the
4-7 amount specifically appropriated for that year for purposes of
4-8 Subsection (b)(2).
4-9 (f) An open-enrollment charter school is not entitled to
4-10 funding based on an adjustment under Subsection (b)(2).
4-11 SECTION 4. Section 42.152(b), Education Code, is amended to
4-12 read as follows:
4-13 (b) For purposes of this section, the number of
4-14 educationally disadvantaged students is determined:
4-15 (1) by averaging the best six months' enrollment in
4-16 the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches
4-17 for the preceding school year; or
4-18 (2) in the manner provided by commissioner rule, if no
4-19 campus in the district participated in the national school lunch
4-20 program of free or reduced-price lunches during the preceding
4-21 school year.
4-22 SECTION 5. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
4-23 amended by adding Section 42.2531 to read as follows:
4-24 Sec. 42.2531. ADJUSTMENT BY COMMISSIONER. (a) The
4-25 commissioner may make adjustments to amounts due to a school
4-26 district under this chapter or Chapter 46, or to amounts necessary
4-27 for a district to comply with the requirements of Chapter 41, as
5-1 provided by this section.
5-2 (b) A school district that has a major taxpayer, as
5-3 determined by the commissioner, that because of a protest of the
5-4 valuation of the taxpayer's property fails to pay all or a portion
5-5 of the ad valorem taxes due to the district may apply to the
5-6 commissioner to have the district's taxable value of property or ad
5-7 valorem tax collections adjusted for purposes of this chapter or
5-8 Chapter 41 or 46. The commissioner may make the adjustment only to
5-9 the extent the commissioner determines that making the adjustment
5-10 will not:
5-11 (1) in the fiscal year in which the adjustment is
5-12 made, cause the amount to which school districts are entitled under
5-13 this chapter to exceed the amount appropriated for purposes of the
5-14 Foundation School Program for that year; and
5-15 (2) if the adjustment is made in the first year of a
5-16 state fiscal biennium, cause the amount to which school districts
5-17 are entitled under this chapter for the second year of the biennium
5-18 to exceed the amount appropriated for purposes of the Foundation
5-19 School Program for that year.
5-20 (c) The commissioner shall recover the benefit of any
5-21 adjustment made under this section by making offsetting adjustments
5-22 in the school district's taxable value of property or ad valorem
5-23 tax collections for purposes of this chapter or Chapter 41 or 46 on
5-24 a final determination of the taxable value of property that was the
5-25 basis of the original adjustment, or in the second school year
5-26 following the year in which the adjustment is made, whichever is
5-27 earlier.
6-1 (d) This section does not require the commissioner to make
6-2 any requested adjustment. A determination by the commissioner
6-3 under this section is final and may not be appealed.
6-4 SECTION 6. Section 46.003, Education Code, is amended by
6-5 amending Subsections (a) and (d)-(g) and adding Subsection (h) to
6-6 read as follows:
6-7 (a) For each year, except as provided by Sections 46.005 and
6-8 46.006, a school district is guaranteed a specified amount per
6-9 student in state and local funds for each cent of tax effort, up to
6-10 the maximum rate under Subsection (b), to pay the principal of and
6-11 interest on eligible bonds issued to construct, acquire, renovate,
6-12 or improve an instructional facility. The amount of state support
6-13 is determined by the formula:
6-14 FYA = (FYL X ADA X BTR X 100) - (BTR X (DPV/100))
6-15 where:
6-16 "FYA" is the guaranteed facilities yield amount of state
6-17 funds allocated to the district for the year;
6-18 "FYL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and
6-19 local funds per student per cent of tax effort, which is $35 or a
6-20 greater amount for any year provided by appropriation;
6-21 "ADA" is the greater of the number of students in average
6-22 daily attendance, as determined under Section 42.005, in the
6-23 district or 400;
6-24 "BTR" is the district's bond tax rate for the current year,
6-25 which is determined by dividing the amount [of taxes] budgeted [to
6-26 be collected] by the district for payment of eligible bonds by the
6-27 quotient of the district's taxable value of property as determined
7-1 under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if
7-2 applicable, Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and
7-3 "DPV" is the district's taxable value of property as
7-4 determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if
7-5 applicable, Section 42.2521.
7-6 (d) The amount budgeted by a district for payment of
7-7 eligible bonds may include:
7-8 (1) bond taxes collected in the current school year;
7-9 (2) bond taxes collected in a preceding school year in
7-10 excess of the amount necessary to pay the district's share of
7-11 actual debt service on bonds in that year, provided that the taxes
7-12 were not used to generate other state financial assistance for the
7-13 district; or
7-14 (3) maintenance and operations taxes collected in the
7-15 current school year or a preceding school year in excess of the
7-16 amount eligible to be used to generate other state financial
7-17 assistance for the district.
7-18 (e) Bonds are eligible to be paid with state and local funds
7-19 under this section if:
7-20 (1) taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the
7-21 bonds were first levied in the 1997-1998 school year or a later
7-22 school year; and
7-23 (2) the bonds do not have a weighted average maturity
7-24 of less than eight years.
7-25 (f) [(e)] A district may use state funds received under this
7-26 section only to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds for
7-27 which the district received the funds.
8-1 (g) [(f)] The board of trustees and voters of a school
8-2 district shall determine district needs concerning construction,
8-3 acquisition, renovation, or improvement of instructional
8-4 facilities.
8-5 (h) [(g)] To receive state assistance under this subchapter,
8-6 a school district must apply to the commissioner in accordance with
8-7 rules adopted by the commissioner before issuing bonds that will be
8-8 paid with state assistance. Until the bonds are fully paid or the
8-9 instructional facility is sold:
8-10 (1) a school district is entitled to continue
8-11 receiving state assistance without reapplying to the commissioner;
8-12 and
8-13 (2) the guaranteed level of state and local funds per
8-14 student per cent of tax effort applicable to the bonds may not be
8-15 reduced below the level provided for the year in which the bonds
8-16 were issued.
8-17 SECTION 7. Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code, is
8-18 amended by adding Section 46.012 to read as follows:
8-19 Sec. 46.012. MULTIPLE ALLOTMENTS PROHIBITED. A school
8-20 district is not entitled to state assistance under this subchapter
8-21 based on taxes with respect to which the district receives state
8-22 assistance under Subchapter F, Chapter 42.
8-23 SECTION 8. Section 46.032, Education Code, is amended by
8-24 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
8-25 follows:
8-26 (a) Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount
8-27 per student in state and local funds for each cent of tax effort to
9-1 pay the principal of and interest on eligible bonds. The amount of
9-2 state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section
9-3 46.034, is determined by the formula:
9-4 EDA = (EDGL X ADA X EDTR X 100) - (EDTR X (DPV/100))
9-5 where:
9-6 "EDA" is the amount of state funds to be allocated to the
9-7 district for assistance with existing debt;
9-8 "EDGL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and
9-9 local funds per student per cent of tax effort, which is $35 or a
9-10 greater amount for any year provided by appropriation;
9-11 "ADA" is the number of students in average daily attendance,
9-12 as determined under Section 42.005, in the district;
9-13 "EDTR" is the existing debt tax rate of the district, which
9-14 is determined by dividing the amount [of taxes] budgeted [to be
9-15 collected] by the district for payment of eligible bonds by the
9-16 quotient of the district's taxable value of property as determined
9-17 under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if
9-18 applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and
9-19 "DPV" is the district's taxable value of property as
9-20 determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if
9-21 applicable, under Section 42.2521.
9-22 (c) The amount budgeted by a district for payment of
9-23 eligible bonds may include:
9-24 (1) bond taxes collected in the current school year;
9-25 (2) bond taxes collected in a preceding school year in
9-26 excess of the amount necessary to pay the district's share of
9-27 actual debt service on bonds in that year, provided that the taxes
10-1 were not used to generate other state financial assistance for the
10-2 district; or
10-3 (3) maintenance and operations taxes collected in the
10-4 current school year or a preceding school year in excess of the
10-5 amount eligible to be used to generate other state financial
10-6 assistance for the district.
10-7 SECTION 9. Section 46.033, Education Code, is amended to
10-8 read as follows:
10-9 Sec. 46.033. ELIGIBLE BONDS. Bonds, including bonds issued
10-10 under Section 45.006, are eligible to be paid with state and local
10-11 funds under this subchapter if:
10-12 (1) the district made payments on the bonds during the
10-13 2000-2001 school year or taxes levied to pay the principal of and
10-14 interest on the bonds were included in the district's audited debt
10-15 service collections for that [the 1998-1999] school year; and
10-16 (2) the district does not receive state assistance
10-17 under Subchapter A for payment of the principal and interest on the
10-18 bonds.
10-19 SECTION 10. Sections 46.034(a) and (c), Education Code, are
10-20 amended to read as follows:
10-21 (a) The existing debt tax rate ("EDTR") under Section 46.032
10-22 may not exceed $0.29 [$0.12] per $100 of valuation, or a greater
10-23 amount for any year provided by appropriation.
10-24 (c) If the amount required to pay the principal of and
10-25 interest on eligible bonds in a school year is less than the amount
10-26 of payments made by the district on the bonds during the 2000-2001
10-27 school year or the district's audited debt service collections for
11-1 that [the 1998-1999] school year, the district may not receive aid
11-2 in excess of the amount that, when added to the district's local
11-3 revenue for the school year, equals the amount required to pay the
11-4 principal of and interest on the bonds.
11-5 SECTION 11. Subchapter B, Chapter 46, Education Code, is
11-6 amended by adding Section 46.036 to read as follows:
11-7 Sec. 46.036. MULTIPLE ALLOTMENTS PROHIBITED. A school
11-8 district is not entitled to state assistance under this subchapter
11-9 based on taxes with respect to which the district receives state
11-10 assistance under Subchapter F, Chapter 42.
11-11 SECTION 12. Sections 42.152(t) and 46.034(d), Education
11-12 Code, are repealed.
11-13 SECTION 13. Section 46.003(d), Education Code, as amended by
11-14 this Act, and Section 46.032(c), Education Code, as added by this
11-15 Act, apply only to taxes collected by a school district in the
11-16 1999-2000 school year or a later school year.
11-17 SECTION 14. (a) Notwithstanding Section 46.034(a),
11-18 Education Code, as amended by this Act, for the 2002-2003 school
11-19 year, except as provided by this section, a school district may not
11-20 receive assistance under Subchapter B, Chapter 46, Education Code,
11-21 for an existing debt tax rate greater than $0.12 per $100 of
11-22 valuation.
11-23 (b) As soon as practicable, the commissioner of education
11-24 shall determine whether funds are available from amounts
11-25 appropriated for purposes of the Foundation School Program for the
11-26 2001-2002 or 2002-2003 school year in excess of the amount of
11-27 payments required to be made under Chapters 42 and 46, Education
12-1 Code. In making a determination under this subsection, the
12-2 commissioner may:
12-3 (1) notwithstanding Section 42.253(b), Education Code,
12-4 reduce the entitlement under Chapters 42 and 46, Education Code, of
12-5 a school district whose final taxable value of property is higher
12-6 than the estimate under Section 42.254, Education Code; and
12-7 (2) make payments to school districts accordingly.
12-8 (c) For the 2001-2002 school year, to the extent excess
12-9 funds are available under Subsection (b) of this section, and
12-10 notwithstanding Section 42.2522, Education Code, the commissioner
12-11 of education shall apply the funds in the following order:
12-12 (1) subject to any limitations in S.B. No. 1, Acts of
12-13 the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to adjusting the
12-14 taxable value of property of school districts that experience a
12-15 rapid decline in taxable value, as provided by Section 42.2521,
12-16 Education Code;
12-17 (2) to funding school districts based on an adjustment
12-18 for an optional homestead exemption, as provided by Section
12-19 42.2522, Education Code; and
12-20 (3) to funding school districts based on an adjustment
12-21 for ad valorem taxes subject to a protest of the valuation of a
12-22 major taxpayer's property, as provided by Section 42.2531,
12-23 Education Code, as added by this Act.
12-24 (d) For the 2002-2003 school year, to the extent excess
12-25 funds are available under Subsection (b) of this section, and
12-26 notwithstanding Section 42.2522, Education Code, the commissioner
12-27 of education shall apply the funds in the following order:
13-1 (1) to authorizing additional assistance to school
13-2 districts under Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code, in an
13-3 amount not to exceed $50 million;
13-4 (2) to increasing the limit on the existing debt tax
13-5 rate under Subsection (a) of this section to a rate not to exceed
13-6 $0.29 per $100 of valuation;
13-7 (3) subject to any limitations in S.B. No. 1, Acts of
13-8 the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to adjusting the
13-9 taxable value of property of school districts that experience a
13-10 rapid decline in taxable value, as provided by Section 42.2521,
13-11 Education Code;
13-12 (4) to funding school districts based on an adjustment
13-13 for an optional homestead exemption, as provided by Section
13-14 42.2522, Education Code; and
13-15 (5) to funding school districts based on an adjustment
13-16 for ad valorem taxes subject to a protest of the valuation of a
13-17 major taxpayer's property, as provided by Section 42.2531,
13-18 Education Code, as added by this Act.
13-19 (e) The commissioner of education must provide full funding
13-20 for a priority listed in Subsection (c) or (d) of this section
13-21 before providing funding for the next lower priority.
13-22 (f) A decision of the commissioner of education under this
13-23 section is final and may not be appealed.
13-24 SECTION 15. From funds appropriated to the Texas Education
13-25 Agency that may be used for the purpose, the commissioner of
13-26 education shall as necessary assist regional education service
13-27 centers in providing financial management or planning assistance to
14-1 school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
14-2 SECTION 16. (a) The Communities in Schools advisory
14-3 committee is created. The governor, lieutenant governor, and
14-4 speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint three
14-5 members to the advisory committee.
14-6 (b) The advisory committee shall advise and provide guidance
14-7 to programs operated under the auspices of the Communities in
14-8 Schools.
14-9 (c) In accordance with Section 2110.004, Government Code,
14-10 reimbursement of the expenses of advisory committee members may be
14-11 paid from amounts appropriated in S.B. No. 1, Acts of the 77th
14-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to the Texas Education Agency
14-13 and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
14-14 (d) The Texas Education Agency and the Department of
14-15 Protective and Regulatory Services shall:
14-16 (1) coordinate with the advisory committee;
14-17 (2) share equally the cost of reimbursement of the
14-18 expenses of advisory committee members; and
14-19 (3) each assign an employee to assist the advisory
14-20 committee in its duties and act as a liaison between the advisory
14-21 committee and the employee's employing agency.
14-22 SECTION 17. Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of Rider 55 under
14-23 the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency in S.B. No. 1,
14-24 Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, the funds
14-25 allocated by that rider shall be allocated in the following manner:
14-26 (1) The funds shall be distributed by the commissioner
14-27 of education for reading diagnostic instruments and on a
15-1 competitive grant basis to be used by schools for the
15-2 implementation of scientific, research-based reading and
15-3 mathematics programs, the purchase of additional instructional or
15-4 diagnostic materials, necessary materials for libraries,
15-5 instructional staff, or related professional staff development for
15-6 educators with the goal of as much direct intervention with
15-7 students as possible. To be eligible for funding, schools must
15-8 perform a diagnostic assessment for below-grade-level reading
15-9 skills and submit a plan for parental involvement in the program.
15-10 (2) The commissioner of education shall use not less
15-11 than $15 million of the funds allocated by Rider 55 to implement
15-12 scientific-based content development for training materials,
15-13 professional development institutes in mathematics and related
15-14 research, as provided by Sections 7.058, 21.454, 21.455, Education
15-15 Code, as added by H.B. No. 1144, Acts of the 77th Legislature,
15-16 Regular Session, 2001.
15-17 (3) The commissioner of education may use a portion of
15-18 the funds allocated by Rider 55 to implement the master mathematics
15-19 teacher program as provided by Sections 21.0482 and 21.411,
15-20 Education Code, as added by H.B. No. 1144, Acts of the 77th
15-21 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and shall transfer funds to the
15-22 State Board for Educator Certification for creation of the master
15-23 mathematics teacher certification as provided by Section 21.0482,
15-24 Education Code, as added by H.B. No. 1144, Acts of the 77th
15-25 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
15-26 SECTION 18. Of the amounts appropriated in Article III, S.B.
15-27 No. 1, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to the
16-1 Texas Education Agency under Strategy A.3.3.: Improving Educator
16-2 Performance, the commissioner of education:
16-3 (1) shall allocate $8 million for the fiscal year
16-4 ending August 31, 2002, and $12 million for the fiscal year ending
16-5 August 31, 2003, for purposes of funding stipends for master
16-6 reading and mathematics teachers as provided by Section 21.410,
16-7 Education Code, and 21.411, Education Code, as added by H.B. No.
16-8 1144, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001; and
16-9 (2) may transfer funds to the State Board for Educator
16-10 Certification for creation of the master mathematics teacher
16-11 certification as provided by Section 21.0482, Education Code, as
16-12 added by H.B. No. 1144, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular
16-13 Session, 2001.
16-14 SECTION 19. The Legislative Budget Board shall increase the
16-15 number of full-time-equivalent positions authorized for the Texas
16-16 Education Agency by S.B. No. 1, Acts of the 77th Legislature,
16-17 Regular Session, 2001, by two for the fiscal year ending August 31,
16-18 2003, for purposes of the mathematics initiative proposed by H.B.
16-19 No. 1144, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
16-20 SECTION 20. A portion of the amounts appropriated in Article
16-21 III, S.B. No. 1, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session,
16-22 2001, to the Texas Education Agency is allocated as provided by
16-23 this section:
16-24 (1) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
16-25 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
16-26 Operations is reduced by []$100 million, and the amount allocated
16-27 under Strategy A.2.2.: FSP-Equalized Facilities is increased by
17-1 that amount to assist school districts under the provisions of
17-2 Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code;
17-3 (2) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
17-4 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
17-5 Operations is reduced by []$205 million, and the amount allocated
17-6 under Strategy A.2.2.: FSP-Equalized Facilities is increased by
17-7 that amount to assist school districts under the provisions of
17-8 Subchapter B, Chapter 46, Education Code;
17-9 (3) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
17-10 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
17-11 Operations is reduced by $57 million,[] and the amount allocated
17-12 under Strategy B.1.2.: Student Success is increased by that
17-13 amount;
17-14 (4) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
17-15 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
17-16 Operations is reduced by $30 million, and the amount allocated
17-17 under Strategy B.1.2.: Student Success is increased by that amount
17-18 for mathematics and reading programs; []
17-19 (5) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
17-20 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
17-21 Operations is reduced by $11 million, and the amount allocated to
17-22 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Strategy
17-23 C.1.18.: Teach for Texas Conditional Grants is increased by that
17-24 amount for purposes of the Teach for Texas grant program under
17-25 Section 56.309, Education Code;
17-26 (6) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
17-27 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
18-1 Operations is reduced by $9 million, and:
18-2 (A) an amount of $4 million is allocated to the
18-3 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Article III,
18-4 Special Provisions, for purposes of the Joint Admission Medical
18-5 Program under Subchapter V, Chapter 51, Education Code, as added by
18-6 S.B. No. 940, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001;
18-7 and
18-8 (B) the amount allocated to the Texas Higher
18-9 Education Coordinating Board under Strategy A.1.1.: Information
18-10 and Planning is increased by $5 million for purposes of the Public
18-11 Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education under Section 61.951,
18-12 Education Code, as added by S.B. No. 573, Acts of the 77th
18-13 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001;
18-14 (7) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
18-15 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
18-16 Operations is reduced by $2 million, and the amount allocated to
18-17 Strategy B.3.1., Regional Training and Development, is increased by
18-18 that amount and shall be allocated at the discretion of the
18-19 commissioner of education, for purposes including the provision of
18-20 assistance to The University of Texas at Austin for the Technology
18-21 Charter School; and
18-22 (8) for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
18-23 the amount allocated under Strategy A.2.1.: FSP-Equalized
18-24 Operations is reduced by $300,000, and the amount allocated to
18-25 Strategy C.1.2., School Finance System Operations, is increased by
18-26 that amount to make changes to the Texas Education Agency's school
18-27 finance payment system as are necessary to efficiently implement
19-1 the provisions of this legislation or H.B. No. 3343, Acts of the
19-2 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
19-3 SECTION 21. Of the funds allocated by Rider 2 under the
19-4 appropriations to the Texas Education Agency in S.B. No. 1, Acts of
19-5 the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, not more than $22
19-6 million may be used for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
19-7 for adjusting the attendance of school districts that experience a
19-8 decline in average daily attendance, as provided by Section
19-9 42.005(b)(2), Education Code, as added by this Act.
19-10 SECTION 22. For the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003,
19-11 the amount appropriated in Article III, S.B. No. 1, Acts of the
19-12 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to the Texas Education
19-13 Agency and allocated for Successful Schools Awards under Strategy
19-14 A.1.2.: Accountability System is reduced by $2.5 million.
19-15 SECTION 23. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2879 was passed by the House on
May 4, 2001, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur
in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2879 on May 22, 2001, and
requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
conference committee report on H.B. No. 2879 on May 27, 2001, by a
non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2879 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 18, 2001, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of
the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider
the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted
the conference committee report on H.B. No. 2879 on May 27, 2001,
by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor