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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the school funding formulas study group. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.008. SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULAS STUDY GROUP. (a) In |
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this section, "group" means the school funding formulas study |
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group. |
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(b) The commissioner shall establish a school funding |
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formulas study group as provided by this section. The group must |
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include: |
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(1) representatives of small, medium, and large school |
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campuses; |
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(2) representatives of urban, suburban, and rural |
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school districts; |
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(3) representatives of districts that are required to |
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take action under Chapter 41 and districts that are not required to |
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take such action; and |
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(4) one staff-level representative each of the |
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following: |
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(A) the office of the lieutenant governor, |
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designated by the lieutenant governor; |
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(B) the office of the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, designated by the speaker; |
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(C) the Senate Education Committee, designated |
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by the chair of that committee; and |
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(D) the House Committee on Public Education, |
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designated by the chair of that committee. |
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(c) The commissioner shall determine the number of group |
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members. The commissioner may select a representative of a school |
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or school district to represent more than one interest described by |
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Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3). |
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(d) The group shall: |
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(1) study the school funding formulas under Chapters |
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32 and 41 and this chapter; and |
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(2) make recommendations for simplifying the formulas |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(e) Agency staff shall provide technical assistance and |
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advice to the group. |
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(f) Not later than November 1, 2008, the group shall submit |
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to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and each member of the legislature a report that |
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contains the group's recommendations under Subsection (d)(2). |
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(g) Chapter 2110, Government Code, other than Sections |
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2110.002, 2110.004(b) and (c), 2110.006, and 2110.007, applies to |
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the group. |
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(h) This section expires January 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |