By:  Duncan, Madla                                     S.B. No. 450
                                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.  Subsection (b), Section 42.005, Education Code,
 1-6     is amended to 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)  to the extent that funds are specifically
1-14     appropriated for purposes of this subdivision, an average daily
1-15     attendance equal to 98 percent of the actual average daily
1-16     attendance of the preceding school year, if the decline is not the
1-17     result of the closing or reduction in personnel of a military base
1-18     [shall be funded on the basis of the actual average daily
1-19     attendance of the preceding school year].
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.