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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a reduction of the amount by which a school district |
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with high enrollment of educationally disadvantaged students or |
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students of limited English proficiency must reduce the district's |
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local revenue levels in excess of entitlement under the public |
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school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.257, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Subject to Subsection (b) and except as provided by |
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Subsection (b-1), if a school district's tier one local share under |
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Section 48.256 exceeds the district's entitlement under Section |
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48.266(a)(1) less the district's distribution from the state |
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available school fund, the district must reduce the district's tier |
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one revenue level in accordance with Chapter 49 to a level not to |
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exceed the district's entitlement under Section 48.266(a)(1) less |
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the district's distribution from the state available school fund. |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a school district |
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to which Subsection (a) applies and in which more than 80 percent of |
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the students are educationally disadvantaged or students of limited |
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English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, the agency shall |
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adjust the amount of the reduction required in the district's tier |
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one revenue level under Subsection (a) by 20 percent. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |