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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a middle school allotment under the public |
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school finance system to fund programs to encourage preparation for |
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high school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.1141 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.1141. MIDDLE SCHOOL ALLOTMENT. (a) A school |
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district or campus must use funds allocated under Section |
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42.2516(b)(4) to: |
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(1) implement or administer a high school readiness |
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program that provides academic support and instruction to prepare |
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underachieving students for entrance into high school; |
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(2) implement or administer a program that provides |
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assistance to underachieving students in mathematics and science |
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course work to prepare those students for high school level |
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curriculum and expectations; |
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(3) implement or administer a program that provides |
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students who have received a failing grade in an academic course the |
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opportunity to advance and enroll in an intensive program of |
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instruction to enable the student to retake the course and receive a |
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passing grade; or |
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(4) implement or administer a program that encourages |
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underachieving students to enroll in a career and technology |
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education program. |
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(b) An open-enrollment charter school is entitled to an |
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allotment under this section in the same manner as a school |
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district. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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section, including rules related to the permissible use of funds |
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allocated under this section to an open-enrollment charter school. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.2516(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Subject to Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (f-1), (g), and |
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(h), but notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a |
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school district is entitled to state revenue necessary to provide |
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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 average daily attendance in grades nine |
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through 12 in the district; and |
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(4) an amount equal to the product of $275 multiplied |
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by the number of students in average daily attendance in grades |
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seven and eight in the district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |