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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. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and adding Subsection (a-3) to |
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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) the adjustment [adjustments] under Section |
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[Sections] 42.102 is [, 42.104, and 42.105 are] based on the average |
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adjustment for the state; [and] |
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(2) any [the] adjustment under Section 42.103 is |
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[based on] the [average] adjustment [for the state] that would have |
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been provided to the school under that section as it existed on |
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January 1, 2018, if the school were a school district that contains |
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less than 300 square miles; |
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(3) Section 42.104 applies to the school as if the |
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school were a school district; and |
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(4) the adjustment under Section 42.105 is based on |
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the average adjustment for the state but may be provided to the |
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school only if the school would have been provided an adjustment |
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under that section if the school were a school district. |
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(a-2) The eligibility of an open-enrollment charter school |
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for an adjustment under Subsection (a-1) based on the school's |
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average daily attendance shall be determined on the basis of the |
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total average daily attendance of: |
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(1) all campuses operating under the school's charter; |
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and |
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(2) any additional campuses operated under a joint |
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operation agreement to which the school is a party. |
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(a-3) 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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state average tax effort. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |