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1	1	By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2215
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to state fiscal matters related to public education.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	ARTICLE 1. REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES AND IMPOSITION OF CHARGES
9	9	GENERALLY
10	10	SECTION 1.01. This article applies to any state agency,
11	11	school, or other entity other than an institution of higher
12	12	education, that receives an appropriation under Article III of the
13	13	General Appropriations Act.
14	14	SECTION 1.02. Notwithstanding any other statute of this
15	15	state, each entity to which this article applies is authorized to
16	16	reduce or recover expenditures by:
17	17	(1) consolidating any reports or publications the
18	18	entity is required to make and filing or delivering any of those
19	19	reports or publications exclusively by electronic means;
20	20	(2) extending the effective period of any license,
21	21	permit, or registration the entity grants or administers;
22	22	(3) entering into a contract with another governmental
23	23	entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the entity's
24	24	duties;
25	25	(4) providing that any communication between the
26	26	entity and another person and any document required to be delivered
27	27	to or by the entity, including any application, notice, billing
28	28	statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by
29	29	e-mail or through the Internet; and
30	30	(5) adopting and collecting fees or charges to cover
31	31	any costs the entity incurs in performing its lawful functions.
32	32	ARTICLE 2. REDUCTION IN GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
33	33	SECTION 2.01. An employee of a state agency, school, or
34	34	other entity other than an institution of higher education, that
35	35	receives an appropriation under Article III of the General
36	36	Appropriations Act, is not entitled to an amount from the state for
37	37	expenses, per diem, travel, or salary that exceeds the amount
38	38	authorized for those purposes by the General Appropriations Act.
39	39	SECTION 2.02. An employee of a state agency, school, or
40	40	other entity other than an institution of higher education, that
41	41	receives an appropriation under Article III of the General
42	42	Appropriations Act, is not entitled to an amount from the state for
43	43	a salary, a salary supplement, office expenses or reimbursement of
44	44	office expenses, or travel that exceeds the amount authorized for
45	45	those purposes by the General Appropriations Act.
46	46	ARTICLE 3. SCHEDULE OF INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
47	47	SECTION 3.01. Subsections (c), (d), and (f), Section
48	48	42.259, Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
49	49	(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
50	50	category 2 school district shall be made as follows:
51	51	(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
52	52	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
53	53	25th day of September of a fiscal year;
54	54	(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
55	55	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
56	56	25th day of October;
57	57	(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
58	58	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
59	59	25th day of November;
60	60	(4) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
61	61	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
62	62	25th day of April;
63	63	(5) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
64	64	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
65	65	25th day of May;
66	66	(6) 10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
67	67	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
68	68	25th day of June;
69	69	(7) 13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
70	70	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
71	71	25th day of July; and
72	72	(8) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
73	73	district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th
74	74	day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
75	75	calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
76	76	Subdivision (1) [on or before the 25th day of August].
77	77	(d) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
78	78	category 3 school district shall be made as follows:
79	79	(1) 45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
80	80	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
81	81	25th day of September of a fiscal year;
82	82	(2) 35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
83	83	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
84	84	25th day of October; and
85	85	(3) 20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
86	86	district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th
87	87	day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
88	88	calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
89	89	Subdivision (1) [on or before the 25th day of August].
90	90	(f) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), any
91	91	[Any] previously unpaid additional funds from prior fiscal years
92	92	owed to a district shall be paid to the district together with the
93	93	September payment of the current fiscal year entitlement.
94	94	SECTION 3.02. Subsection (c), Section 466.355, Government
95	95	Code, is amended to read as follows:
96	96	(c) Each August the comptroller shall:
97	97	(1) estimate the amount to be transferred to the
98	98	foundation school fund on or before September 15; and
99	99	(2) notwithstanding Subsection (b)(4), transfer the
100	100	amount estimated in Subdivision (1) to the foundation school fund
101	101	before August 25 [installment payments are made under Section
102	102	42.259, Education Code].
103	103	SECTION 3.03. Subsections (c) and (e) of Section 42.2591,
104	104	Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
105	105	(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to an
106	106	open-enrollment charter school under this section shall be made as
107	107	follows:
108	108	(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school
109	109	shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day
110	110	of September of a fiscal year;
111	111	(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the school
112	112	shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the 25th day
113	113	of October;
114	114	(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
115	115	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
116	116	25th day of November;
117	117	(4) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the
118	118	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
119	119	25th day of December;
120	120	(5) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the
121	121	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
122	122	25th day of January;
123	123	(6) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the
124	124	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
125	125	25th day of February;
126	126	(7) four percent of the yearly entitlement of the
127	127	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
128	128	25th day of March;
129	129	(8) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
130	130	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
131	131	25th day of April;
132	132	(9) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
133	133	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
134	134	25th day of May;
135	135	(10) seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the
136	136	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
137	137	25th day of June;
138	138	(11) seven percent of the yearly entitlement of the
139	139	school shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
140	140	25th day of July; and
141	141	(12) eight percent of the yearly entitlement of the
142	142	school shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th day
143	143	of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
144	144	calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
145	145	Subdivision (1)[on or before the 25th day of August].
146	146	(e) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(12), previously
147	147	[Previously] unpaid additional funds from prior fiscal years owed
148	148	to an open-enrollment charter school shall be paid to the school
149	149	together with the September payment of the current fiscal year
150	150	entitlement.
151	151	SECTION 3.04. The changes made by this article to Sections
152	152	42.259 and 42.2591, Education Code, apply only to a payment from the
153	153	foundation school fund that is made on or after the effective date
154	154	of this Act. A payment to a school district from the foundation
155	155	school fund that is made before that date is governed by Sections
156	156	42.259 and 42.2591, Education Code, as it existed before amendment
157	157	by this article, and the former law is continued in effect for that
158	158	purpose.
159	159	ARTICLE 4. PILOT PROGRAMS
160	160	SECTION 4.01 PILOT PROGRAM PROPOSALS AND RULES. The
161	161	commissioner of each state agency to which this article applies may
162	162	propose to the appropriate legislative committee pilot programs
163	163	that could be tested to determine if the programs might produce long
164	164	term fiscal benefits to the state. The commissioner may propose
165	165	rules necessary to implement the pilot programs.
166	166	ARTICLE 5. REPEALER
167	167	SECTION 5.01 Section 42.262, Education Code, is repealed.
168	168	ARTICLE 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
169	169	SECTION 6.01. This Act takes effect immediately if it
170	170	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
171	171	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
172	172	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
173	173	effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of
174	174	the legislative session.