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1	1		By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2143
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 29, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 26, 2017,
	4	+	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
	5	+	April 26, 2017, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school
7	12		program.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
10	15		read as follows:
11	16		(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not
12	17		including the time students spend each day in special education
13	18		programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or
14	19		career and technology education programs, for which an additional
15	20		allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an
16	21		allotment equal to the lesser of $5,140 [$4,765] or the amount that
17	22		results from the following formula:
18	23		A = $5,140 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)
19	24		where:
20	25		"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
21	26		"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
22	27		product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
23	28		Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
24	29		rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
25	30		"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
26	31		product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
27	32		Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
28	33		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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