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Texas House Bill HB3722

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11 By: King of Hemphill, Faircloth H.B. No. 3722
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44 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
55 AN ACT
66 relating to funding adjustments for school districts that annex
7- academically unacceptable school districts.
7+ unacceptable school districts.
88 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
99 SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by
10- amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (h), (i), and (j) to
11- read as follows:
10+ amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (h) and (i) to read as
11+ follows:
1212 (f) For five years beginning with the school year in which
1313 the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional
1414 funding under this subsection or subsection (h). The amount of
1515 funding shall be determined [the commissioner shall annually adjust
1616 the local fund assignment of a district to which territory is
1717 annexed under this section] by multiplying the lesser of the
1818 enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section
1919 42.252 or the enlarged district's total cost of Tier I by a
2020 fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing
2121 in the [district] territory annexed to the receiving district
2222 preceding the date of the annexation and the denominator of which is
2323 the number of students residing in the district as enlarged on the
2424 date of the annexation.
2525 (h) The commissioner may authorize a district to receive
26- payments provided by Subchapter G, instead of Subsection (f), if
27- the commissioner determines that would result in greater payments
28- for the district. A determination by the commissioner is final and
29- may not be appealed.
30- (i) The funding provided under Subsection (f), (g),
31- or (h)
32- is in addition to other funding the district receives through other
33- provisions of the Education Code, including Chapters 41 and 42.
26+ payments provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 13, Texas Education Code
27+ instead of subsection (f), if the commissioner determines that
28+ would result in greater payments for the district. A determination
29+ by the commissioner is final and may not be appealed.
30+ (i) The funding provided under Subsection (f), Subsection
31+ (g) or Subsection (h), is in addition to other funding the district
32+ receives through other provisions of the Education Code, including
33+ Chapters 41 and 42.
3434 (j) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
3535 implement this section.
36- SECTION 2. Section 41.002(g), Education Code, is amended to
37- read as follows:
38- (g) The wealth per student that a district may have under
39- Subsection (e) is adjusted as follows:
40- AWPS = WPS X (((EWL/280,000 - 1) X DTR/1.17[1.5]) + 1)
41- where:
42- "AWPS" is the district's wealth per student;
43- "WPS" is the district's wealth per student determined under
44- Subsection (e);
45- "EWL" is the equalized wealth level; and
46- "DTR" is the district's adopted maintenance and operations
47- tax rate for the current school year.
48- SECTION 3. Section 13.054, Education Code, as amended by
49- this Act, applies to annexations that occur under Section 13.054
50- after September 1, 2017.
51- SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
36+ SECTION 2. This Act applies to annexations that occur under
37+ 13.054 after September 1, 2017.
38+ SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.