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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to campus expenditures by public school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 44.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 44.013. CAMPUS EXPENDITURES. (a) In this section, |
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"weighted average daily attendance" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 42.302. |
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(b) A school district shall allocate to each campus at least |
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the sum of the following amounts of revenue attributable to the |
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students enrolled at that campus: |
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(1) the amount of revenue that would be provided under |
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Chapter 42 for students enrolled at the campus if the number of |
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students in weighted average daily attendance at the campus were |
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equal to the number of students in average daily attendance at the |
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campus; and |
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(2) 50 percent of the sum of: |
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(A) the amount of revenue provided under Section |
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42.152 for students enrolled at the campus; and |
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(B) any additional revenue to which the district |
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is entitled as a result of the revenue described by Paragraph (A), |
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including revenue provided under Section 42.302. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |