Amend SB 8 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 39.082, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The system may not include an indicator under Subsection (b) or any other performance measure that penalizes a school district for failure to collect the amount of taxes equal to the total amount of tax refunds provided under Section 26.1115(c), Tax Code.
SECTION ____. Section 48.202, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) For purposes of this section, the total amount of maintenance and operations taxes collected by a school district includes the amount of taxes refunded under Section 26.1115(c), Tax Code.
SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 48.2541 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.2541. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAX REFUNDS. For each school year, a school district, including a school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the amount of all tax refunds provided under Section 26.1115(c), Tax Code.