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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of weighted average daily attendance in computing |
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the high school allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.2516(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Subject to Subsections (g) and (h), but notwithstanding |
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any other provision of this title, a school district is entitled to |
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state revenue necessary to provide the district with the sum of: |
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(1) the amount of state revenue necessary to maintain |
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state and local revenue per student in weighted average daily |
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attendance in the amount equal to the greater of: |
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(A) the amount of state and local revenue per |
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student in weighted average daily attendance for the maintenance |
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and operations of the district available to the district for the |
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2005-2006 school year; |
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(B) the amount of state and local revenue per |
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student in weighted average daily attendance for the maintenance |
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and operations of the district to which the district would have been |
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entitled for the 2006-2007 school year under this chapter, as it |
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existed on January 1, 2006, or, if the district would have been |
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subject to Chapter 41, as that chapter existed on January 1, 2006, |
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the amount to which the district would have been entitled under that |
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chapter, based on the funding elements in effect for the 2005-2006 |
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school year, if the district imposed a maintenance and operations |
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tax at the rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; or |
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(C) the amount of state and local revenue per |
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student in weighted average daily attendance for the maintenance |
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and operations of the district to which the district would have been |
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entitled for the 2006-2007 school year under this chapter, as it |
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existed on January 1, 2006, or, if the district would have been |
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subject to Chapter 41, as that chapter existed on January 1, 2006, |
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the amount to which the district would have been entitled under that |
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chapter, based on the funding elements in effect for the 2005-2006 |
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school year, if the district imposed a maintenance and operations |
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tax at the rate equal to the rate described by Section 26.08(i) or |
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(k)(1), Tax Code, as applicable, for the 2006 tax year; |
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(2) an amount equal to the product of $2,500 |
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multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, full-time |
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librarians, full-time counselors certified under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by the district |
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and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402; and |
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(3) an amount equal to the product of $275 multiplied |
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by the number of students in weighted average daily attendance in |
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grades nine through 12 in the district, as determined by dividing |
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the sum of the district's allotments for students in grades nine |
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through 12 under Subchapter B and Sections 42.151-42.154, 42.156, |
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and 42.157 by the basic allotment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |