85R5462 KJE-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1039
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.106(a-1) and (a-2), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter
school under Subsection (a), adjustments under Sections 42.102,
42.103, 42.104, and 42.105 are based on the lesser of:
(1) the average adjustment for the state; or
(2) the adjustment for the school district within
whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest
enrollment is located.
(a-2) In addition to the funding provided by Subsection (a),
a charter holder is entitled to receive for the open-enrollment
charter school enrichment funding under Section 42.302 based on the
lesser of:
(1) the state average tax effort; or
(2) the tax effort of the school district within whose
boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest enrollment
is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.