85R8046 MEW-D
By: Frank H.B. No. 1710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the
Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter
school under Subsection (a):
(1) [,] adjustments under Sections 42.102, [42.103,]
42.104, and 42.105 are based on the average adjustment for the
state; and
(2) the adjustment under Section 42.103 is based on
the average adjustment for the state that would have been provided
under that section as it existed on January 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. (a) Effective September 1, 2022, Sections
42.103(b) and (d), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The basic allotment of a school district that [contains
at least 300 square miles and] has not more than 1,600 students in
average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the formula:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .0004)) X ABA
(d) The basic allotment of a school district that offers a
kindergarten through grade 12 program and has less than 5,000
students in average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the
formula, of the following formulas, that results in the greatest
adjusted allotment:
(1) the formula in Subsection (b), if [or (c) for
which] the district is eligible for that formula; or
(2) AA = (1 + ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025)) X ABA.
(b) Effective September 1, 2022, Section 42.103(c),
Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 42.103(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The basic allotment of a school district that contains
less than 300 square miles and has not more than 1,600 students in
average daily attendance is adjusted by applying the following
formulas [formula]:
(1) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2017:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .000275 [.00025])) X ABA
;
(2) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2018:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .00030)) X ABA
;
(3) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2019:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .000325)) X ABA
;
(4) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2020:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .00035)) X ABA
; and
(5) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2021:
AA = (1 + ((1,600 - ADA) X .000375)) X ABA
SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.