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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts |
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under the Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.105, Education Code, as effective |
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September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.105. SPARSITY ADJUSTMENT. (a) 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 allotment on the basis of 130 students in |
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average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade |
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12 program and has preceding or current year's average daily |
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attendance of at least 90 students or is 30 miles or more by bus |
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route from the nearest high school district. A district offering a |
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kindergarten through grade 8 program whose preceding or current |
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year's average daily attendance was at least 50 students or which is |
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30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high school district |
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shall be provided an adjusted basic allotment on the basis of 75 |
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students in average daily attendance. An average daily attendance |
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of 60 students shall be the basis of providing the adjusted basic |
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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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(b) Subsection (c) applies only to a school district that: |
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(1) does not offer each grade level from kindergarten |
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through grade 12 and whose prospective or former students generally |
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attend school in a state that borders this state for the grade |
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levels the district does not offer; |
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(2) serves both students residing in this state and |
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students residing in a state that borders this state who are |
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subsequently eligible for in-state tuition rates at institutions of |
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higher education in either state regardless of the state in which |
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the students reside; and |
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(3) shares students with an out-of-state district that |
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does not offer competing instructional services. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or Sections 42.101, |
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42.102, and 42.103, a school district to which this subsection |
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applies, as provided by Subsection (b), that has fewer than 130 |
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students in average daily attendance shall be provided an adjusted |
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basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in average daily |
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attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade four program |
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and has preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at |
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least 75 students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the |
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nearest high school district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |