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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the fast growth allotment under the public school |
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finance system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.111(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district |
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is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment |
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multiplied by the applicable weight under Subsection (a-1) for each |
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enrolled student equal to the greater of: |
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(1) the difference, if the difference is greater than |
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zero, that results from subtracting 250 from the difference between |
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the number of students enrolled in the district during the school |
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year immediately preceding the current school year and the number |
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of students enrolled in the district during the school year six |
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years preceding the current school year; or |
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(2) the average annual growth in student enrollment in |
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the district for the preceding three school years, if the growth in |
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student enrollment in the district for the preceding three school |
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years is in the top quartile of student enrollment growth in school |
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districts in the state for that period, as determined by the |
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commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |