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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the public school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 29.918(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Section [39.234 or] 42.152, a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout |
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rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the |
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commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter |
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school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under |
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Section 42.152 [and the high school allotment under Section 42.160] |
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for developing and implementing research-based strategies for |
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dropout prevention. The district or charter school shall submit the |
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plan not later than December 1 of each school year preceding the |
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school year in which the district or charter school will receive the |
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compensatory education allotment [or high school allotment] to |
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which the plan applies. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school to |
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which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25 |
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percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory |
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education allotment [or high school allotment] unless the |
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commissioner approves the plan submitted under Subsection (a). The |
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commissioner shall complete an initial review of the district's or |
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charter school's plan not later than March 1 of the school year |
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preceding the school year in which the district or charter school |
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will receive the compensatory education allotment [or high school
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allotment] to which the plan applies. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.0233(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt a series of questions to |
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be included in an end-of-course assessment instrument administered |
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under Section 39.023(c) to be used for purposes of Section 51.3062. |
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The questions adopted under this subsection must be developed in a |
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manner consistent with any college readiness standards adopted |
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under Section [Sections 39.233 and] 51.3062. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.1541(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) For the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years, the [The] |
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State Board of Education shall by rule revise [increase] the |
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indirect cost allotments established under Sections 42.151(h), |
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42.152(c), 42.153(b), and 42.154(c) [42.154(a-1) and (c)] and in |
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effect for the 2016-2017 [2010-2011] school year to reflect any |
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increase in the percentage of total maintenance and operations |
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funding represented by the basic allotment [in proportion to the
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average percentage reduction in total state and local maintenance
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and operations revenue provided under this chapter for the
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2011-
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2012 school year] as a result of [S.B. Nos. 1 and 2,] Acts of |
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the 85th [82nd] Legislature, Regular [1st Called] Session, 2017 |
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[2011]. |
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Education Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 29.097(g); |
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(2) Section 29.098(e); |
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(3) Section 39.233; |
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(4) Section 39.234; |
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(5) Section 42.1541(c); |
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(6) Section 42.160; and |
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(7) Section 42.2513. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |