By: Taylor of Galveston  S.B. No. 2143
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 29, 2017, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 26, 2017,
  reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0;
  April 26, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  For each student in average daily attendance, not
  including the time students spend each day in special education
  programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or
  career and technology education programs, for which an additional
  allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an
  allotment equal to the lesser of $5,140 [$4,765] or the amount that
  results from the following formula:
  A = $5,140 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)
  where:
         "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
         "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
  rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
         "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
  product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
  Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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