| 1 | 1 | | 85R780 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bohac H.B. No. 587 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of a technology applications course |
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| 8 | 8 | | allotment under the foundation school program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 42.1542 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 42.1542. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS COURSE ALLOTMENT. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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| 14 | 14 | | attendance in an approved technology applications course, a |
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| 15 | 15 | | district is entitled to: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic |
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| 17 | 17 | | allotment multiplied by the weight specified in Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 42.154(a)(1); and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the amount specified in Section 42.154(a)(2), if |
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| 20 | 20 | | the student is enrolled in two or more advanced technology |
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| 21 | 21 | | applications courses for a total of three or more credits. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) In this section, "full-time equivalent" means 30 hours |
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| 23 | 23 | | of contact a week between a student and technology applications |
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| 24 | 24 | | course personnel. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an |
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| 26 | 26 | | indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education |
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| 27 | 27 | | rule, must be used in providing technology applications courses in |
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| 28 | 28 | | grades 9 through 12. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 30 | 30 | | read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) For each student in average daily attendance, not |
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| 32 | 32 | | including the time students spend each day in special education |
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| 33 | 33 | | programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream |
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| 34 | 34 | | programs, [or] career and technology education programs, or |
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| 35 | 35 | | technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment |
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| 36 | 36 | | is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment |
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| 37 | 37 | | equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | following formula: |
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| 39 | 39 | | A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR) |
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| 40 | 40 | | where: |
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| 41 | 41 | | "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; |
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| 42 | 42 | | "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the |
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| 43 | 43 | | product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax |
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| 45 | 45 | | rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the |
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| 47 | 47 | | product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 50 | 50 | | school year. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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