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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the closure of a school district campus and an |
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underutilized instructional campus allotment under the public |
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school finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.172 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.172. CLOSURE OF CAMPUS. Before the board of |
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trustees of a school district orders the closure of a campus in the |
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district: |
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(1) the board must hold at least two public meetings at |
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a location in the attendance zone of the campus to discuss the |
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closure of the campus and receive feedback from the community; and |
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(2) if the determination to close the campus is based |
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on the fact that the campus is an underutilized instructional |
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campus, as defined by Section 48.2521, the board must, if feasible, |
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enter into a contract for the operation of the district campus under |
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Section 11.174 instead of closing the campus. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.2521. UNDERUTILIZED INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPUS |
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ALLOTMENT. (a) In this section, "underutilized instructional |
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campus" means a campus of a school district at which student |
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instruction is provided and the number of students in average daily |
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attendance enrolled at the campus constitutes 50 percent or less of |
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the maximum student capacity of the campus, as determined by |
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commissioner rule. |
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(b) In addition to the amount to which a school district is |
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entitled under Section 48.252, for the first two school years for |
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which an underutilized instructional campus in a school district is |
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operated under a contract entered into by the school district under |
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Section 11.174, the district is entitled to an allotment equal to |
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the product of the amount of funding to which the district is |
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entitled under Section 48.252 for each student in average daily |
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attendance multiplied by the amount equal to the difference |
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between: |
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(1) the number of students equal to the maximum |
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student capacity of the underutilized instructional campus; and |
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(2) the number of students in attendance at the |
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underutilized instructional campus on the last Friday in October of |
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the school year for which the allotment is provided. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |