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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized district |
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adjustment under the public school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.2516, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (h-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Subject to Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (f-1), (g), [and] |
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(h), and (h-2), but notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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title, a school district is entitled to state revenue necessary to |
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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 average daily attendance in grades nine |
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through 12 in the district. |
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(h-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the |
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repeal of Section 42.103(e) by S.B. No. 401, Acts of the 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, may not increase the amount of |
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state and local funds to which a school district is entitled under |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 42.103, Education Code, |
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is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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