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1		-	By: Price (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2593
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015;
3		-	May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	COMMITTEE VOTE
10		-	YeaNayAbsentPNV
11		-	TaylorofGalvestonX
12		-	LucioX
13		-	BettencourtX
14		-	CampbellX
15		-	GarciaX
16		-	HuffinesX
17		-	KolkhorstX
18		-	RodríguezX
19		-	SeligerX
20		-	TaylorofCollinX
21		-	WestX
22		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
23	4		AN ACT
24	5		relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts
25	6		under the Foundation School Program.
26	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
27	8		SECTION 1. Section 42.105, Education Code, as effective
28	9		September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
29	10		Sec. 42.105. SPARSITY ADJUSTMENT. (a) Notwithstanding
30	11		Sections 42.101, 42.102, and 42.103, a school district that has
31	12		fewer than 130 students in average daily attendance shall be
32	13		provided an adjusted basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in
33	14		average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade
34	15		12 program and has preceding or current year's average daily
35	16		attendance of at least 90 students or is 30 miles or more by bus
36	17		route from the nearest high school district. A district offering a
37	18		kindergarten through grade 8 program whose preceding or current
38	19		year's average daily attendance was at least 50 students or which is
39	20		30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high school district
40	21		shall be provided an adjusted basic allotment on the basis of 75
41	22		students in average daily attendance. An average daily attendance
42	23		of 60 students shall be the basis of providing the adjusted basic
43	24		allotment if a district offers a kindergarten through grade 6
44	25		program and has preceding or current year's average daily
45	26		attendance of at least 40 students or is 30 miles or more by bus
46	27		route from the nearest high school district.
47	28		(b) Subsection (c) applies only to a school district that:
48	29		(1) does not offer each grade level from kindergarten
49	30		through grade 12 and whose prospective or former students generally
50	31		attend school in a state that borders this state for the grade
51	32		levels the district does not offer;
52	33		(2) serves both students residing in this state and
53	34		students residing in a state that borders this state who are
54	35		subsequently eligible for in-state tuition rates at institutions of
55	36		higher education in either state regardless of the state in which
56	37		the students reside; and
57	38		(3) shares students with an out-of-state district that
58	39		does not offer competing instructional services.
59	40		(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or Sections 42.101,
60	41		42.102, and 42.103, a school district to which this subsection
61	42		applies, as provided by Subsection (b), that has fewer than 130
62	43		students in average daily attendance shall be provided an adjusted
63	44		basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in average daily
64	45		attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade four program
65	46		and has preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at
66	47		least 75 students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the
67	48		nearest high school district.
68	49		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	50	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	51	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	52	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2593 was passed by the House on May
	53	+	15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 5, 2 present, not
	54	+	voting.
	55	+	______________________________
	56	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	57	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2593 was passed by the Senate on May
	58	+	24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	59	+	______________________________
	60	+	Secretary of the Senate
	61	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	62	+	Date
	63	+	_____________________
	64	+	Governor