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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 12.106(a-1) and (a-2), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter |
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school under Subsection (a): |
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(1) adjustments under Sections 42.102, 42.104, and |
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42.105 are based on the lesser of: |
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(A) the average adjustment for the state; or |
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(B) the adjustment for the school district within |
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whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest |
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enrollment is located; and |
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(2) the adjustment under Section 42.103 is based on |
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the lesser of: |
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(A) the average adjustment for the state that |
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would have been provided under that section as it existed on January |
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1, 2018; or |
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(B) the adjustment for the school district within |
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whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest |
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enrollment is located. |
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(a-2) In addition to the funding provided by Subsection (a), |
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a charter holder is entitled to receive for the open-enrollment |
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charter school enrichment funding under Section 42.302 based on the |
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lesser of: |
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(1) the state average tax effort; or |
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(2) the tax effort of the school district within whose |
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boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest enrollment |
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is located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |