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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state financial assistance to school districts that |
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make contributions for social security coverage. |
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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 (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 50 percent of any annual |
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district expenditure for the employer's share of social security |
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taxes paid under 26 U.S.C. Section 3111(a), for employees covered |
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by the federal social security retirement program if the district |
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made payments for coverage of a class of employees before January 1, |
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2009. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |