86R944 KJE-D
By: Bailes H.B. No. 3974
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.106(a-1) and (a-2), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter
school under Subsection (a):
(1) adjustments under Sections 42.102, 42.104, and
42.105 are based on the lesser of:
(A) the average adjustment for the state; or
(B) the adjustment for the school district within
whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest
enrollment is located; and
(2) the adjustment under Section 42.103 is based on
the lesser of:
(A) the average adjustment for the state that
would have been provided under that section as it existed on January
1, 2018; or
(B) the adjustment for the school district within
whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest
enrollment is located.
(a-2) In addition to the funding provided by Subsection (a),
a charter holder is entitled to receive for the open-enrollment
charter school enrichment funding under Section 42.302 based on the
lesser of:
(1) the state average tax effort; or
(2) the tax effort of the school district within whose
boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest enrollment
is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.