78R11682 KSD-D
By: Crownover H.B. No. 1363
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and
Science.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.156, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(g) From the total amount of funds appropriated for
allotments under this section, the commissioner shall, each fiscal
year, withhold an amount determined by the commissioner and
distribute that amount to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and
Science under Section 105.301.
(h) After deducting the amount withheld under Subsection
(g) from the total amount of funds appropriated for allotments
under this section, the commissioner shall reduce each district's
tier one allotments in the same manner described for a reduction in
allotments under Section 42.253 and shall allocate funds to each
district accordingly. A reduction made under this subsection to an
allotment does not affect the computation of students in weighted
average daily attendance for purposes of Subchapter F.
SECTION 2. Section 105.301, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(e) The academy is not subject to the provisions of this
code, or to the rules of the Texas Education Agency, regulating
public schools, except that:
(1) professional employees of the academy are entitled
to the limited liability of an employee under Section 22.051 or
22.052;
(2) a student's attendance at the academy satisfies
compulsory school attendance requirements; and
(3) for each student enrolled, the academy is entitled
to allotments from the foundation school program under Chapter 42
as if the academy were a school district without a tier one local
share for purposes of Section 42.253[, except that the academy has a
local share applied that is equivalent to the local fund assignment
of the Denton Independent School District].
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e)(3), if in any academic
year the amount of the allotments to the academy from the foundation
school program exceed $366,825, the portion of the allotments that
exceeds that amount must be funded by funds withheld by the
commissioner under Section 42.156(g).
SECTION 3. Section 105.301(e), Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.