78R11682 KSD-D


By:  Crownover                                                    H.B. No. 1363

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1363:                                   

By:  Jones of Dallas                                          C.S.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.