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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study of funding for school district instructional |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.042 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.042. INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES FUNDING STUDY. (a) |
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The agency shall conduct a study of instructional facilities |
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funding under Subchapters A and B, Chapter 46, using information |
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under Subsection (b) for the 1999-2000 through 2017-2018 school |
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years for each school district that, based on the district's |
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property wealth per student for the 2015-2016 school year, is |
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either in the top 10 percent of districts based on property wealth |
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per student or the bottom 10 percent of districts based on property |
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wealth per student. |
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(b) In conducting the study, for each district described by |
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Subsection (a) and for each school year included in the study, the |
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agency shall collect the following categories of information for |
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the purpose of analyzing the relationships between the categories: |
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(1) district property wealth per student; |
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(2) demographic information, as determined by the |
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commissioner; |
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(3) district interest and sinking fund tax rate and |
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yield; |
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(4) total amount of money provided under Subchapter A |
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or B, Chapter 46; |
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(5) the number of districts that received funding |
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under Subchapter A or B, Chapter 46; and |
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(6) the average amount of money paid per district |
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under Subchapter A or B, Chapter 46. |
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(c) The agency shall use the study conducted under this |
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section to run instructional facilities finance models for the |
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purpose of identifying inequities in the way districts receive |
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funding under Chapter 46. |
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(d) The agency shall make recommendations for decreasing or |
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eliminating inequities identified under Subsection (c). |
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(e) Not later than December 1, 2018, the agency shall |
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provide to the legislature a report that: |
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(1) states the findings of the analysis conducted |
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under Subsection (b); |
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(2) includes the results of the finance model runs |
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conducted under Subsection (c); and |
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(3) includes the agency's recommendations under |
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Subsection (d). |
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(f) This section expires January 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |