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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding under the instructional facilities allotment |
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for school districts affected by troop reassignments at military |
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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. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |