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| 1 | 1 | 86R8461 KJE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cole H.B. No. 2084 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a reduction of the amount required to be paid by school | |
| 8 | 8 | districts with high enrollment of educationally disadvantaged | |
| 9 | 9 | students to achieve the equalized wealth level under the public | |
| 10 | 10 | school finance system. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 41.0935 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 41.0935. REDUCTION FOR DISTRICT WITH HIGH ENROLLMENT | |
| 15 | 15 | OF EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. (a) This section applies | |
| 16 | 16 | only to a school district in which more than 40 percent of the | |
| 17 | 17 | enrolled students are educationally disadvantaged. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a | |
| 19 | 19 | school district to which this section applies that executes an | |
| 20 | 20 | agreement to purchase all attendance credits necessary to reduce | |
| 21 | 21 | the district's wealth per student to the equalized wealth level may | |
| 22 | 22 | reduce the total amount required to be paid for attendance credits | |
| 23 | 23 | under Section 41.093 by a percentage equal to the amount by which | |
| 24 | 24 | the percentage of students enrolled in the district who are | |
| 25 | 25 | educationally disadvantaged exceeds 40 percent. | |
| 26 | 26 | (c) A reduction under Subsection (b) shall be made after | |
| 27 | 27 | making any reduction to which the district is entitled under | |
| 28 | 28 | Section 41.0931, 41.097, or 41.098 or another provision of this | |
| 29 | 29 | chapter. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |