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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for legislation increasing expenditures |
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by public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 1.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1.007. REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGISLATION INCREASING |
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EXPENDITURES BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a) In this section, "state |
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educational mandate" means a statutory provision or agency rule the |
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implementation of which requires an expenditure by a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school that would not have been |
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required in the absence of the statutory provision or the rule |
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adopted under that provision. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, legislation that imposes |
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a state educational mandate on a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school and that does not provide for the payment or |
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reimbursement of the required expenditure must also: |
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(1) increase the basic allotment under Section 48.051 |
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in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the increased |
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expenditures required by the legislation; or |
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(2) eliminate one or more existing state educational |
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mandates for which the amount of expenditures required by a |
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district or school under those mandates is at least equal to the |
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amount of expenditures required by the legislation. |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school is not required to comply with |
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legislation that fails to comply with Subsection (b). |
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(d) For each proposed piece of legislation related to |
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primary and secondary education, the agency shall: |
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(1) determine whether this section applies to the |
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legislation; and |
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(2) provide written notice to the Legislative Budget |
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Board of the agency's determination under Subdivision (1) for the |
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board to include in the impact statement prepared under Section |
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314.004, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 314.004, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The impact statement must include the Texas Education |
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Agency's state educational mandate determination provided to the |
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board under Section 1.007, Education Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |