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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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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the total amount of funding per student in weighted average daily |
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attendance to which a charter holder may be entitled for an |
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open-enrollment charter school under this section may not exceed |
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the total amount of state and local revenue, including maintenance |
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and operations revenue and revenue for debt service, per student in |
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weighted average daily attendance of the school district within |
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whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest |
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enrollment is located. If a charter holder's funding would exceed |
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that amount, the amount of funding to which the charter holder would |
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otherwise be entitled under this section shall be reduced to comply |
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with the maximum amount of funding described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |