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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school finance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 12.106, Education Code, |
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as effective until September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A charter holder is entitled to receive for the |
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open-enrollment charter school funding under Chapter 42 equal to |
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the greater of: |
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(1) except as provided by Subsection (a-5), the |
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percentage specified by Section 42.2516(i) multiplied by the amount |
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of funding per student in weighted average daily attendance, |
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excluding enrichment funding under Sections 42.302(a-1)(2) and |
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(3), as they existed on January 1, 2009, that would have been |
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received for the school during the 2009-2010 school year under |
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Chapter 42 as it existed on January 1, 2009, and an additional |
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amount of the percentage specified by Section 42.2516(i) multiplied |
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by $120 for each student in weighted average daily attendance; or |
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(2) the amount of funding per student in weighted |
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average daily attendance, excluding enrichment funding under |
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Section 42.302(a), to which the charter holder would be entitled |
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for the school under Chapter 42 if the school were a school district |
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without a tier one local share for purposes of Section 42.253 and |
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without any local revenue for purposes of Section 42.2516. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-5) and (a-6) to read as follows: |
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(a-5) The commissioner shall reduce the amount of state |
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funding provided to a charter holder under Subsection (a)(1) to an |
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amount equal to: |
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(1) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2013, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.80; |
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(2) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2014, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.60; |
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(3) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2015, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.40; and |
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(4) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2016, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.20. |
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(a-6) Subsection (a-5) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.2516, Education Code, as effective |
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until September 1, 2017, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and |
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adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (j) and |
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notwithstanding [Notwithstanding] any other provision of this |
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title, a school district that imposes a maintenance and operations |
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tax at a rate at least equal to the product of the state compression |
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percentage multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate |
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adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year is entitled to at |
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least the amount of state revenue necessary to provide the district |
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with the sum of: |
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(1) the percentage specified by Subsection (i) of the |
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amount, as calculated under Subsection (e), of state and local |
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revenue per student in weighted average daily attendance for |
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maintenance and operations that the district would have received |
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during the 2009-2010 school year under Chapter 41 and this chapter, |
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as those chapters existed on January 1, 2009, at a maintenance and |
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operations tax rate equal to the product of the state compression |
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percentage for that year multiplied by the maintenance and |
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operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; |
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(2) the percentage specified by Subsection (i) of an |
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amount equal to the product of $120 multiplied by the number of |
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students in weighted average daily attendance in the district; and |
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(3) any amount to which the district is entitled under |
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Section 42.106. |
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(j) The commissioner shall reduce the amount of state aid |
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provided to a school district under this section to an amount equal |
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to: |
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(1) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2013, the amount calculated under Subsections (a)-(i) multiplied by |
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0.80; |
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(2) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2014, the amount calculated under Subsections (a)-(i) multiplied by |
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0.60; |
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(3) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2015, the amount calculated under Subsections (a)-(i) multiplied by |
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0.40; and |
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(4) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2016, the amount calculated under Subsections (a)-(i) multiplied by |
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0.20. |
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SECTION 4. Section 42.25161, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The] |
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commissioner shall provide South Texas Independent School District |
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with the amount of state aid necessary to ensure that the district |
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receives an amount of state and local revenue per student in |
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weighted average daily attendance that is at least the percentage |
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specified by Section 42.2516(i) of $120 greater than the amount the |
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district would have received per student in weighted average daily |
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attendance during the 2009-2010 school year under this chapter, as |
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it existed on January 1, 2009, at a maintenance and operations tax |
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rate equal to the product of the state compression percentage |
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multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by |
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the district for the 2005 tax year, provided that the district |
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imposes a maintenance and operations tax at that rate. |
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(a-1) The commissioner shall reduce the amount of state aid |
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provided to South Texas Independent School District under |
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Subsection (a) to an amount equal to: |
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(1) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2013, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.80; |
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(2) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2014, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.60; |
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(3) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2015, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.40; and |
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(4) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2016, the amount calculated under that subsection multiplied by |
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0.20. |
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SECTION 5. It is the intent of the legislature that the |
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savings of state revenue realized from phasing out Additional State |
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Aid For Tax Reduction (ASATR) under this Act be used to increase the |
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basic allotment to which a school district is entitled under |
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Section 42.101, Education Code. |
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SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. |
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SECTION 7. 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, 2013. |