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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution to school districts of the annual |
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apportionment of the available school fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.251(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The program shall be financed by: |
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(1) ad valorem tax revenue generated by an equalized |
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uniform school district effort; |
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(2) ad valorem tax revenue generated by local school |
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district effort in excess of the equalized uniform school district |
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effort; and |
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(3) [state available school funds distributed in
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accordance with law; and
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[(4)] state funds appropriated for the purposes of |
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public school education and allocated to each district in an amount |
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sufficient to finance the cost of each district's Foundation School |
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Program not covered by other funds specified in this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.253(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For each school year the commissioner shall determine: |
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(1) the amount of money to which a school district is |
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entitled under Subchapters B and C; |
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(2) the amount of money to which a school district is |
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entitled under Subchapter F; |
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(3) [the amount of money allocated to the district
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from the available school fund;
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[(4)] the amount of each district's tier one local |
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share under Section 42.252; and |
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(4) [(5)] the amount of each district's tier two local |
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share under Section 42.302. |
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(c) Each school district is entitled to an amount equal to |
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the difference for that district between the sum of Subsections |
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(a)(1) and (a)(2) and the sum of Subsections (a)(3) and [,] (a)(4)[,
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and (a)(5)]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.001, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) The term "scholastic population" in Subsection (b) or |
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any other law governing the apportionment, distribution, and |
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transfer of the available school fund means all students of school |
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age enrolled in weighted average daily attendance the preceding |
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school year in the public elementary and high school grades of |
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school districts within or under the jurisdiction of a county of |
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this state. |
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(c-1) The amount provided to a school district as a result |
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of the annual apportionment of the available school fund in |
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accordance with Subsection (b) is in addition to amounts to which |
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the district is entitled under Chapter 42. |
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SECTION 4. Section 45.259(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) If money appropriated for the Foundation School Program |
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is used for purposes of this subchapter and as a result there is |
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insufficient money to fully fund the Foundation School Program, the |
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commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, reduce each school |
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district's foundation school fund allocations[, other than any
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portion appropriated from the available school fund,] in the same |
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manner provided by Section 42.253(h) for a case in which school |
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district entitlements exceed the amount appropriated. The |
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following fiscal year, a district's entitlement under Section |
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42.253 is increased by an amount equal to the reduction under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |