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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for small and mid-sized open-enrollment charter |
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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 Subsection (a-2) and adding Subsection (a-5) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-2) Subject to Subsection (a-5) and in [In] addition to |
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the funding provided by Subsection (a), a charter holder is |
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entitled to receive for the open-enrollment charter school an |
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allotment per student in average daily attendance in an amount |
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equal to the lesser of: |
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(1) the difference between: |
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(A) [(1)] the product of: |
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(i) [(A)] the quotient of: |
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(a) [(i)] the total amount of funding |
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provided to eligible school districts under Section 48.101(b) or |
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(c); and |
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(b) [(ii)] the total number of |
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students in average daily attendance in school districts that |
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receive an allotment under Section 48.101(b) or (c); and |
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(ii) [(B)] the sum of one and the quotient |
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of: |
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(a) [(i)] the total number of |
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students in average daily attendance in school districts that |
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receive an allotment under Section 48.101(b) or (c); and |
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(b) [(ii)] the total number of |
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students in average daily attendance in school districts statewide; |
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and |
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(B) [(2)] $125; or |
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(2) the average allotment per student in average daily |
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attendance under Section 48.101 for the school districts in the |
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county in which the student resides. |
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(a-5) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-2), the amount of the |
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allotment per student in average daily attendance to which a |
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charter holder is entitled to receive for an open-enrollment |
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charter school under that subsection is an amount equal to: |
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(1) half of the amount computed under that subsection |
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if the school has at least 1,601 but not more than 5,000 students in |
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average daily attendance; and |
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(2) zero if the school has more than 5,000 students in |
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average daily attendance. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |