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AN ACT
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relating to funding under the instructional facilities allotment |
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and to payment of existing debt for school districts affected by |
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troop reassignments at military installations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-2) and amending Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c-2) A district's wealth per student is reduced by 25 |
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percent for purposes of this section if the district demonstrates |
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to the commissioner's satisfaction that the district must |
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construct, acquire, renovate, or improve one or more instructional |
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facilities to serve the children of military personnel transferred |
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to a military installation in or near the district under the Defense |
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Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687). |
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The reduction is in addition to any reduction under Subsection (a), |
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(b), or (c) and is computed before the district's wealth per student |
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is reduced under those subsections, if applicable. This subsection |
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expires September 1, 2012. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adjust the rankings after making |
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the reductions in wealth per student required by Subsections (a), |
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(b), [and] (c), and (c-2). |
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SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2012, Subsection (d), |
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Section 46.006, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The commissioner shall adjust the rankings after making |
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the reductions in wealth per student required by Subsections (a), |
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(b), and (c). |
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SECTION 3. Section 46.034, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a school district is |
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entitled to state assistance under this subchapter based on the |
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district's tax rate for the current school year if the district |
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demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that the district |
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meets the criteria under Section 46.006(c-2). |
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SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 962 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 962 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |