88R6860 MEW-D
 
  By: Plesa H.B. No. 2477
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the dedication of surplus money in the foundation
  school fund to increase the basic allotment under the Foundation
  School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.2722 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.2722.  DEDICATION OF SURPLUS FUNDS. If the amount
  appropriated to the foundation school fund for a state fiscal year
  exceeds the amount to which school districts are entitled to
  receive under Chapter 46 and this chapter for that fiscal year, the
  excess amount may be appropriated only to increase the basic
  allotment under Section 48.051.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.