By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 3722
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding adjustments for school districts that annex
unacceptable school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (h) and (i) to read as
follows:
(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which
the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional
funding under this subsection or subsection (h). The amount of
funding shall be determined [the commissioner shall annually adjust
the local fund assignment of a district to which territory is
annexed under this section] by multiplying the lesser of the
enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section
42.252 or the enlarged district's total cost of Tier I by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing
in the [district] territory annexed to the receiving district
preceding the date of the annexation and the denominator of which is
the number of students residing in the district as enlarged on the
date of the annexation.
(h) The commissioner may authorize a district to receive
payments provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 13, Texas Education Code
instead of subsection (f), if the commissioner determines that
would result in greater payments for the district. A determination
by the commissioner is final and may not be appealed.
(i) The funding provided under Subsection (f), Subsection
(g) or Subsection (h), is in addition to other funding the district
receives through other provisions of the Education Code, including
Chapters 41 and 42.
(j) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to annexations that occur under
13.054 after September 1, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.