Amend CSHB 2 between SECTION 1B.13 and SECTION 1B.14 of the
bill (committee printing, page 10, between lines 37 and 38) by
inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTION and
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of Part B, Article 1,
accordingly:
SECTION 1B.__. Section 42.158, Education Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (b), (d), and (g) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b) For the first school year in which students attend a new
instructional facility, a school district other than a fast growth
school district is entitled to an allotment of $250 for each student
in average daily attendance at the facility. For the second and
third school years [year] in which students attend that
instructional facility, the [a school] district is entitled to an
allotment of $250 for each additional student in average daily
attendance at the facility.
(b-1) For the first school year in which students attend a
new instructional facility, a fast growth school district is
entitled to an allotment of $500 for each student in average daily
attendance at the facility. For the second and third school years
in which students attend that instructional facility, the district
is entitled to an allotment of $500 for each additional student in
average daily attendance at the facility.
(d) The amount appropriated for allotments under this
section may not exceed $50 [$25] million in a school year. If the
total amount of allotments to which districts are entitled under
this section for a school year exceeds the amount appropriated for
allotments under this section, the commissioner shall reduce each
district's allotment under this section in the manner provided by
Section 42.253(h).
(g) In this section:
(1) "Fast growth school district" means a school
district that during the preceding five school years has
experienced an increase in enrollment of:
(A) greater than 10 percent; or
(B) more than 3,500 students.
(2) "Instructional [, "instructional] facility" has
the meaning assigned by Section 46.001.