82R9826 KKA-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3528
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to distribution of revenue under the public school finance
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.009. ADJUSTMENT TO ACHIEVE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF
REVENUE. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
the commissioner shall make adjustments to the amounts due to a
school district under this chapter or amounts required for a
district to comply with Chapter 41 as necessary to ensure that each
district receives an amount of state and local maintenance and
operations revenue per student in weighted average daily attendance
equal to the amount determined under Subsection (b).
(b) The commissioner shall identify the amount of state and
local maintenance and operations revenue per student in weighted
average daily attendance to which each school district is entitled
under the provisions of this title other than this section. After
identifying the amount for each school district, the commissioner
shall divide the sum of the highest amount to which a school
district is entitled and the lowest amount to which a school
district is entitled by two. The resulting amount is the amount of
revenue to be provided to each school district under Subsection
(a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.