85R10484 KKA-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state financial assistance for a school district to
which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.054(g), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) In order to assist with the costs of facility
renovation, repair, and replacement, a [A] district to which
territory is annexed under this section is entitled to additional
state aid for five years, beginning with the school year in which
the annexation occurs [equal to the amount by which the annual debt
service required to meet the indebtedness incurred by the district
due to the annexation exceeds the additional amount of state aid
that results from the adjustment under Subsection (f), if any]. The
commissioner shall determine the amount of additional state aid
provided each year by dividing the amount of debt service taxes
received by the district during the tax year preceding the tax year
in which the annexation occurs by the number of students enrolled in
the district immediately preceding the date of annexation, and
multiplying that result by the number of additional students
enrolled in the district on September 1 after the date of
annexation. The commissioner shall provide additional state aid
under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the
Foundation School Program and available for that purpose. A
determination by the commissioner under this subsection is final
and may not be appealed. [In determining the amount of annual debt
service required, the estimated tax levy from applying the
receiving district's current debt service tax rate, if any, to the
territory that has been annexed shall be deducted.]
SECTION 2. Section 13.054, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to a school district to which territory is annexed
under that section on or after July 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.