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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regular program adjustment factor under the |
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Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 42.101, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.101. BASIC ALLOTMENT [AND REGULAR PROGRAM
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ALLOTMENTS]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not |
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including the time students spend each day in special education |
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programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or |
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career and technology education programs, for which an additional |
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allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an |
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[The basic] allotment [is an amount] equal to the lesser of $4,765 |
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or the amount that results from the following formula: |
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A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR) |
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where: |
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"A" is the allotment to which [resulting amount for] a |
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district is entitled; |
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"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the |
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product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax |
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rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and |
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"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the |
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product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.105, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.105. SPARSITY ADJUSTMENT. Notwithstanding |
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Sections 42.101, 42.102, and 42.103, a school district that has |
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fewer than 130 students in average daily attendance shall be |
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provided an adjusted basic [a regular program] allotment on the |
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basis of 130 students in average daily attendance if it offers a |
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kindergarten through grade 12 program and has preceding or current |
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year's average daily attendance of at least 90 students or is 30 |
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miles or more by bus route from the nearest high school district. A |
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district offering a kindergarten through grade 8 program whose |
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preceding or current year's average daily attendance was at least |
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50 students or which is 30 miles or more by bus route from the |
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nearest high school district shall be provided an adjusted basic [a
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regular program] allotment on the basis of 75 students in average |
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daily attendance. An average daily attendance of 60 students shall |
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be the basis of providing the adjusted basic [regular program] |
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allotment if a district offers a kindergarten through grade 6 |
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program and has preceding or current year's average daily |
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attendance of at least 40 students or is 30 miles or more by bus |
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route from the nearest high school district. |
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SECTION 4. Section 42.251(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The sum of the basic [regular program] allotment under |
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Subchapter B and the special allotments under Subchapter C, |
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computed in accordance with this chapter, constitute the tier one |
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allotments. The sum of the tier one allotments and the guaranteed |
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yield allotments under Subchapter F, computed in accordance with |
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this chapter, constitute the total cost of the Foundation School |
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Program. |
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SECTION 5. The following sections of the Education Code are |
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repealed: |
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(1) Sections 12.106(a-3) and (a-4); and |
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(2) Sections 42.101(c), (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3). |
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SECTION 6. The following sections of Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), |
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Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which are |
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effective September 1, 2015, are repealed: |
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(1) Section 57.09, which amended Section 42.101, |
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Education Code; |
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(2) Section 57.11, which amended Section 42.105, |
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Education Code; and |
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(3) Section 57.15, which amended Section 42.251(a), |
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Education Code. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |