86R5989 KJE-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 1796
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the
foundation school program to reflect inflation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.101, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-3) to read as
follows:
(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-3), for [For]
each student in average daily attendance, not including the time
students spend each day in special education programs in an
instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and
technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is
made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the
following formula:
A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR)
where:
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
(a-3) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the basic
allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is
adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that
results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the
comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the
preceding school year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2019.