85R2497 KKA-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 882
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of a transportation allotment under the
foundation school program based on the price of gasoline.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to
read as follows:
(c) Each district or county operating a regular
transportation system is entitled to an allotment based on the
daily cost per regular eligible student of operating and
maintaining the regular transportation system and the linear
density of that system. In determining the cost, the commissioner
shall give consideration to factors affecting the actual cost of
providing these transportation services in each district or county.
The average actual cost is to be computed by the commissioner and
included for consideration by the legislature in the General
Appropriations Act.
(c-1) The allotment per mile of approved route under
Subsection (c) is the product of the average price of a gallon of
regular gasoline in this state, including taxes, during the
preceding five calendar years, as determined by the commissioner,
and the following multiplier:
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2.40 and above1.2
1.65 to 2.401.1
1.15 to 1.651.0
.90 to 1.150.9
.65 to .900.8
.40 to .650.7
up to .400.6
[may not exceed the amount set by appropriation].
(c-2) Subsection (c-1) applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year. For the 2017-2018 school year, the allotment per mile
of approved route is 80 percent of the allotment that would be
provided during that year under Subsection (c-1). For the 2018-2019
school year, the allotment per mile of approved route is 90 percent
of the allotment that would be provided during that year under
Subsection (c-1). This subsection expires September 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. 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.
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