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Amend CSHB 3 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding Section 48.2542 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.2542. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAT ARE ONLY DISTRICT IN COUNTY. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a school district with a student enrollment of less than 300 that is the only school district located and operating in a county is entitled to not less than the amount of state and local revenue, excluding any amount of revenue used by the district to comply with Chapter 49, to which the district was entitled for the 2019-2020 school year.
(b) The commissioner shall adjust the entitlement under Subchapter B of a district to which this section applies as necessary to comply with this section.