Amend CSHB 21 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ___.  Section 13.054(g), Education Code, as amended by Chapter 425 (S.B. 1353), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:

(g)  In order to assist with the costs of facility renovation, repair, and replacement, a district to which territory is annexed under this section is entitled to additional state aid for five years, beginning with the school year in which the annexation occurs. The commissioner shall determine the amount of additional state aid provided each year by dividing the amount of debt service taxes received by the district during the tax year preceding the tax year in which the annexation occurs by the number of students enrolled in the district immediately preceding the date of annexation, and multiplying that result by the number of additional students enrolled in the district on September 1 after the date of annexation. The commissioner shall provide additional state aid under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the Foundation School Program [and available for that purpose]. A determination by the commissioner under this subsection is final and may not be appealed.

SECTION ___.  Section 5, Chapter 425 (S.B. 1353), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed.