83R6852 KKA-D
 
  By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2951
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the basic allotment and the equalized wealth level
  under the Foundation School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.101(a), Education Code, as effective
  until September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The basic allotment is an amount equal to the lesser of
  $5,500 [$4,765] or the amount that results from the following
  formula:
  A = $5,500 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)
  where:
         "A" is the resulting amount for a district;
         "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
  rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
         "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.101(a), Education Code, as effective
  September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  For each student in average daily attendance, not
  including the time students spend each day in special education
  programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or
  career and technology education programs, for which an additional
  allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an
  allotment equal to the lesser of $5,500 [$4,765] or the amount that
  results from the following formula:
  A = $5,500 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)
  where:
         "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
         "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
  rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
         "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.