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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding adjustments for school districts that annex |
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academically unacceptable school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (h), (i), and (j) to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which |
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the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional |
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funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of |
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funding shall be determined [the commissioner shall annually adjust
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the local fund assignment of a district to which territory is
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annexed under this section] by multiplying the lesser of the |
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enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section |
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42.252 or the enlarged district's total cost of Tier I by a |
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fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing |
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in the [district] territory annexed to the receiving district |
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preceding the date of the annexation and the denominator of which is |
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the number of students residing in the district as enlarged on the |
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date of the annexation. |
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(h) The commissioner may authorize a district to receive |
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payments provided by Subchapter G, instead of Subsection (f), if |
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the commissioner determines that would result in greater payments |
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for the district. A determination by the commissioner is final and |
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may not be appealed. |
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(i) The funding provided under Subsection (f), (g), |
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or (h) |
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is in addition to other funding the district receives through other |
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provisions of the Education Code, including Chapters 41 and 42. |
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(j) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 41.002(g), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) The wealth per student that a district may have under |
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Subsection (e) is adjusted as follows: |
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AWPS = WPS X (((EWL/280,000 - 1) X DTR/1.17[1.5]) + 1) |
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where: |
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"AWPS" is the district's wealth per student; |
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"WPS" is the district's wealth per student determined under |
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Subsection (e); |
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"EWL" is the equalized wealth level; and |
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"DTR" is the district's adopted maintenance and operations |
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tax rate for the current school year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 13.054, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to annexations that occur under Section 13.054 |
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after September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |