| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the |
|
|
public school finance system. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 48.101, Subchapter C, Chapter 48, |
|
|
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 48.101. SMALL AND MID-SIZED DISTRICT ALLOTMENT. (a) |
|
|
Small and mid-sized districts are entitled to an annual allotment |
|
|
in accordance with this section. In this section: |
|
|
(1) "AA" is the district's annual allotment per student in |
|
|
average daily attendance; |
|
|
(2) "ADA" is the number of students in average daily |
|
|
attendance for which the district is entitled to an allotment under |
|
|
Section 48.051; and |
|
|
(3) "BA" is the basic allotment determined under Section |
|
|
48.051. |
|
|
(b) A school district that has fewer than 1,600 students in |
|
|
average daily attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for |
|
|
each student in average daily attendance based on the following |
|
|
formula: |
|
|
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0004.0008) X BA |
|
|
(c) A school district that offers a kindergarten through |
|
|
grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily |
|
|
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in |
|
|
average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following |
|
|
formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment: |
|
|
(1) the formula in Subsection (b), if the district is |
|
|
eligible for that formula; or |
|
|
(2) AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025.00005) X BA. |
|
|
(d) Instead of the allotment under Subsection (b) or (c)(1), |
|
|
a school district that has fewer than 300 students in average daily |
|
|
attendance and is the only school district located in and operating |
|
|
in a county is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in |
|
|
average daily attendance based on the following formula: |
|
|
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00047.00094) X BA |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
|
|
last day of the legislative session. |