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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the new instructional facility allotment under the |
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foundation school program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 42.158(b), (d-1), and (g), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) For the first school year in which students attend a new |
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instructional facility, a school district is entitled to an |
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allotment of $1,000 [$250] for each student in average daily |
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attendance at the facility. For the second school year in which |
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students attend that instructional facility, a school district is |
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entitled to an allotment of $1,000 [$250] for each additional |
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student in average daily attendance at the facility. |
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(d-1) In addition to the appropriation amount described by |
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Subsection (d), the amount of $1 million may be appropriated each |
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school year to supplement the allotment to which a school district |
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is entitled under this section that may be provided using the |
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appropriation amount described by Subsection (d). The commissioner |
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shall first apply the funds appropriated under this subsection to |
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prevent any reduction under Subsection (d) in the allotment for |
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attendance at an eligible high school instructional facility, |
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subject to the maximum amount of $1,000 [$250] for each student in |
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average daily attendance. Any funds remaining after preventing all |
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reductions in amounts due for high school instructional facilities |
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may be applied proportionally to all other eligible instructional |
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facilities, subject to the maximum amount of $1,000 [$250] for each |
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student in average daily attendance. |
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(g) In this section: |
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(1) "Instructional [, "instructional] facility" has |
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the meaning assigned by Section 46.001. |
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(2) "New instructional facility" includes: |
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(A) a newly constructed instructional facility; |
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(B) a repurposed instructional facility; and |
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(C) a leased facility operating for the first |
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time as an instructional facility with a minimum lease term of not |
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less than 10 years. |
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SECTION 2. A school district that is entitled under Section |
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42.158, Education Code, to receive funding in the 2017-2018 school |
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year for the second year of student attendance at a new |
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instructional facility is entitled for that year to the amount |
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provided for the second year of student attendance as a result of |
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the changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |