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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1, to CSHB 21 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 42.25162 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.25162. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a school district that:
(1) is the only school district in the county in which the district is primarily located; and
(2) received additional state aid for the 2016-2017 school year under Section 42.2516, as that section existed on January 1, 2017.
(b) A school district is entitled to the additional state aid that would have been provided to the district for the current school year under Section 42.2516, as that section existed on January 1, 2017, if the district demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that the failure to receive that state aid would require the district to close at least one campus.
(c) A school district is not entitled to additional state aid under this section if the district receives a hardship grant under Subchapter H. The board of trustees of a school district may choose to decline a hardship grant under Subchapter H to maintain eligibility for additional state aid under this section. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.