H.B. No. 1081
AN ACT
relating to the new instructional facility allotment under the
foundation school program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 42.158(b), (d-1), and (g), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) For the first school year in which students attend a new
instructional facility, a school district is entitled to an
allotment of $1,000 [$250] for each student in average daily
attendance at the facility. For the second school year in which
students attend that instructional facility, a school district is
entitled to an allotment of $1,000 [$250] for each additional
student in average daily attendance at the facility.
(d-1) In addition to the appropriation amount described by
Subsection (d), the amount of $1 million may be appropriated each
school year to supplement the allotment to which a school district
is entitled under this section that may be provided using the
appropriation amount described by Subsection (d). The commissioner
shall first apply the funds appropriated under this subsection to
prevent any reduction under Subsection (d) in the allotment for
attendance at an eligible high school instructional facility,
subject to the maximum amount of $1,000 [$250] for each student in
average daily attendance. Any funds remaining after preventing all
reductions in amounts due for high school instructional facilities
may be applied proportionally to all other eligible instructional
facilities, subject to the maximum amount of $1,000 [$250] for each
student in average daily attendance.
(g) In this section:
(1) "Instructional [, "instructional] facility" has
the meaning assigned by Section 46.001.
(2) "New instructional facility" includes:
(A) a newly constructed instructional facility;
(B) a repurposed instructional facility; and
(C) a leased facility operating for the first
time as an instructional facility with a minimum lease term of not
less than 10 years.
SECTION 2. A school district that is entitled under Section
42.158, Education Code, to receive funding in the 2017-2018 school
year for the second year of student attendance at a new
instructional facility is entitled for that year to the amount
provided for the second year of student attendance as a result of
the changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the House on May 4,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 93, Nays 49, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1081 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 101, Nays 41,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor