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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the public |
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school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 42.103(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The basic allotment of a school district that contains |
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at least 300 square miles and has not more than 1,600 students in |
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average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the formula: |
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AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .00032 [.0004])) X ABA |
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(c) The basic allotment of a school district that contains |
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less than 300 square miles and has not more than 1,600 students in |
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average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the formula: |
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AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .0002 [.00025])) X ABA |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.2514 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2514. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN SMALL-SIZED |
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DISTRICTS. (a) A school district is entitled to additional state |
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aid under this section if: |
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(1) the district's basic allotment is adjusted under |
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Section 42.103(b) or (c); and |
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(2) the district participates in a cooperative shared |
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services arrangement for administrative services that results in |
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reduced administrative costs for the district. |
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(b) Each year, a district described by Subsection (a) is |
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entitled to additional state aid in an amount equal to the amount by |
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which the district reduces administrative costs through |
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participation in a cooperative shared services arrangement for |
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administrative services, except the amount of additional state aid |
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may not exceed the difference between the total adjustment to which |
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the district would have been entitled under Section 42.103(b) or |
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(c), as it existed on January 1, 2011, and the total adjustment to |
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which the district is entitled under Section 42.103(b) or (c). |
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(c) The amount of state aid to which a district is entitled |
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under this section is in addition to the amount of revenue to which |
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the district is entitled under Section 42.2516. |
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(d) A decision of the commissioner under this section is |
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final and may not be appealed. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |