| 1 | 1 | | 86R6219 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 2800 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and adding Subsection (a-3) to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter |
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| 13 | 13 | | school under Subsection (a): |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) the adjustment [adjustments] under Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | [Sections] 42.102 is [, 42.104, and 42.105 are] based on the average |
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| 16 | 16 | | adjustment for the state; [and] |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) any [the] adjustment under Section 42.103 is |
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| 18 | 18 | | [based on] the [average] adjustment [for the state] that would have |
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| 19 | 19 | | been provided to the school under that section as it existed on |
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| 20 | 20 | | January 1, 2018, if the school were a school district that contains |
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| 21 | 21 | | less than 300 square miles; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) Section 42.104 applies to the school as if the |
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| 23 | 23 | | school were a school district; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the adjustment under Section 42.105 is based on |
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| 25 | 25 | | the average adjustment for the state but may be provided to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | school only if the school would have been provided an adjustment |
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| 27 | 27 | | under that section if the school were a school district. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a-2) The eligibility of an open-enrollment charter school |
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| 29 | 29 | | for an adjustment under Subsection (a-1) based on the school's |
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| 30 | 30 | | average daily attendance shall be determined on the basis of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | total average daily attendance of: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) all campuses operating under the school's charter; |
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| 33 | 33 | | and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) any additional campuses operated under a joint |
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| 35 | 35 | | operation agreement to which the school is a party. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a-3) In addition to the funding provided by Subsection (a), |
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| 37 | 37 | | a charter holder is entitled to receive for the open-enrollment |
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| 38 | 38 | | charter school enrichment funding under Section 42.302 based on the |
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| 39 | 39 | | state average tax effort. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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