84R27805 CAE-D
 
  By: Price H.B. No. 2593
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts
  under the Foundation School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.105, Education Code, as effective
  September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.105.  SPARSITY ADJUSTMENT.  (a)  Notwithstanding
  Sections 42.101, 42.102, and 42.103, a school district that has
  fewer than 130 students in average daily attendance shall be
  provided an adjusted basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in
  average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade
  12 program and has preceding or current year's average daily
  attendance of at least 90 students or is 30 miles or more by bus
  route from the nearest high school district. A district offering a
  kindergarten through grade 8 program whose preceding or current
  year's average daily attendance was at least 50 students or which is
  30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high school district
  shall be provided an adjusted basic allotment on the basis of 75
  students in average daily attendance. An average daily attendance
  of 60 students shall be the basis of providing the adjusted basic
  allotment if a district offers a kindergarten through grade 6
  program and has preceding or current year's average daily
  attendance of at least 40 students or is 30 miles or more by bus
  route from the nearest high school district.
         (b)  Subsection (c) applies only to a school district that:
               (1)  does not offer each grade level from kindergarten
  through grade 12 and whose prospective or former students generally
  attend school in a state that borders this state for the grade
  levels the district does not offer;
               (2)  serves both students residing in this state and
  students residing in a state that borders this state who are
  subsequently eligible for in-state tuition rates at institutions of
  higher education in either state regardless of the state in which
  the students reside; and
               (3)  shares students with an out-of-state district that
  does not offer competing instructional services.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or Sections 42.101,
  42.102, and 42.103, a school district to which this subsection
  applies, as provided by Subsection (b), that has fewer than 130
  students in average daily attendance shall be provided an adjusted
  basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in average daily
  attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade four program
  and has preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at
  least 75 students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the
  nearest high school district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.