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| 1 | 1 | 81R4974 KKA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hancock H.B. No. 3828 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to equitable funding under the public school finance | |
| 8 | 8 | system. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 42.25162 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 42.25162. ADJUSTMENT TO INCREASE EQUITY. (a) In this | |
| 13 | 13 | section: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) "Wealth per student" has the meaning assigned by | |
| 15 | 15 | Section 41.001. | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) "Weighted average daily attendance" has the | |
| 17 | 17 | meaning assigned by Section 42.302. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the | |
| 19 | 19 | commissioner shall make adjustments to amounts due to a school | |
| 20 | 20 | district under this chapter or to amounts necessary for a district | |
| 21 | 21 | to comply with the requirements of Chapter 41 as appropriate to | |
| 22 | 22 | reduce by $1,000 the difference, as calculated on the basis of | |
| 23 | 23 | funding provided for the 2008-2009 school year, between: | |
| 24 | 24 | (1) the amount of state and local revenue per student | |
| 25 | 25 | in weighted average daily attendance available to a district at the | |
| 26 | 26 | highest wealth per student in this state; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (2) the amount of state and local revenue per student | |
| 28 | 28 | in weighted average daily attendance available to a district at the | |
| 29 | 29 | lowest wealth per student in this state. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |