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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional state aid for certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.25162 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.25162. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS. |
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(a) This section applies only to a school district determined by |
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the commissioner to be the predominant provider of public education |
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in a county of this state based on the following factors: |
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(1) the extent to which the district is the public |
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education provider for substantially all of the students residing |
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in the county who attend school in a school district, other than a |
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minimal number of students in the county who reside in the |
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attendance zone of another school district; |
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(2) the degree of hardship that the district's |
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students would experience if the district were to discontinue |
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providing public education and the district's students were |
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required to attend school in another school district; and |
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(3) any other relevant factor identified by the |
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commissioner. |
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(b) A school district is entitled to the additional state |
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aid that would have been provided to the district for the current |
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school year under Section 42.2516, as that section existed on |
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January 1, 2017, if the district demonstrates, to the satisfaction |
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of the commissioner, that the failure to receive that state aid |
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would require the district to close at least one campus. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that |
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date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |