By Nelson                                             S.B. No. 1461
         77R4751 KKA-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to state assistance to school districts for new
 1-3     instructional facilities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 42.158, Education Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 42.158. NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY ALLOTMENT. (a)  A
 1-8     school district is entitled to an additional allotment as provided
 1-9     by this section for operational expenses associated with opening a
1-10     new instructional facility.
1-11           (b)  For the first school year in which students attend a new
1-12     instructional facility, a school district is entitled to an
1-13     allotment of $500 [$250] for each student in average daily
1-14     attendance at the facility.  For the second school year in which
1-15     students attend that instructional facility, a school district is
1-16     entitled to an allotment of $500 [$250] for each additional student
1-17     in average daily attendance at the facility.
1-18           (c)  For purposes  of this section, the number of additional
1-19     students in average daily attendance at a facility is the
1-20     difference between the  number of students in average daily
1-21     attendance in the current year at that facility and the number of
1-22     students in average daily attendance at that facility in the
1-23     preceding year.
1-24           (d)  [The amount appropriated for allotments under this
 2-1     section may not exceed $25 million in a school year.  If the total
 2-2     amount of allotments to which districts are entitled under this
 2-3     section for a school year exceeds the amount appropriated for
 2-4     allotments under this section, the commissioner shall reduce each
 2-5     district's allotment under this section in the manner provided by
 2-6     Section 42.253(h).]
 2-7           [(e)]  A school district that is required to take action
 2-8     under Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized
 2-9     wealth level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the
2-10     allotments to which the district is entitled under this section,
2-11     against the total amount required under Section 41.093 for the
2-12     district to purchase attendance credits.  A school district that is
2-13     otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter is entitled
2-14     to receive allotments under this section.
2-15           (e) [(f)]  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to
2-16     implement this section.
2-17           (f) [(g)]  In this section, "instructional facility" has the
2-18     meaning assigned by Section 46.001.
2-19           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.