88R15763 MEW-D
 
  By: Meyer, Howard, Leach, Anchía, Shaheen, H.B. No. 3028
      et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be
  paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit
  under the public school finance system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 49.1541 to read as follows:
         Sec. 49.1541.  CREDIT FOR PREPAYMENT.  (a)  The total amount
  required under Section 49.153 for a school district to purchase
  attendance credit under this subchapter for any school year is
  reduced by four percent if the district:
               (1)  elects to pay for credit purchased in the manner
  provided by Section 49.154(a)(2); and
               (2)  pays the total amount required to be paid by the
  district not later than February 15 of the school year for which the
  agreement is in effect.
         (b)  A reduction under Subsection (a) shall be made after
  making any reduction to which the district is entitled under
  Section 49.157 or another provision of this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.