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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to equalized education funding and mandate impact |
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statements for bills and resolutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 314.004, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 314.004. EQUALIZED EDUCATION FUNDING AND MANDATE |
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IMPACT STATEMENT. |
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SECTION 2. Section 314.004, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) The board shall prepare for each bill or resolution that |
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affects public education an equalized education funding and mandate |
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impact statement. |
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(b) The impact statement must evaluate the effect of the |
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bill or resolution on: |
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(1) all state equalized funding requirements and |
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policies, including any reduction in the amount of state aid a |
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school district would receive under the bill or resolution; and |
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(2) if the bill or resolution proposes a mandate, the |
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amount of additional: |
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(A) revenue the bill or resolution would require |
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a school district to expend to comply with the mandate; and |
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(B) time the bill or resolution would require a |
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school district employee or student to expend to comply with the |
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mandate. |
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(d) In this section, "mandate" means a statutory |
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requirement proposed in a bill or resolution that requires a school |
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district or an employee or student of a school district to |
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establish, expand, or modify an activity in a way that requires the |
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expenditure of revenue or time by the school district, employee, or |
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student that would not have been required in the absence of the |
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statutory requirement proposed in the bill or resolution. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |