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| 1 | + | 86R13821 JES-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Toth H.B. No. 4000 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4000: | |
| 4 | - | By: Minjarez C.S.H.B. No. 4000 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the | |
| 10 | - | impact of | |
| 8 | + | impact of state educational mandates on school districts. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | - | SECTION 1. STUDY OF IMPACT OF | |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. STUDY OF IMPACT OF STATE EDUCATIONAL MANDATES ON | |
| 11 | + | SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "state educational mandate" | |
| 12 | + | means a statutory provision or a Texas Education Agency rule | |
| 13 | + | adopted under that provision the implementation of which requires | |
| 14 | + | an expenditure by a school district that would not have been | |
| 15 | + | required in the absence of the statutory provision or the rule | |
| 16 | + | adopted under that provision. | |
| 19 | 17 | (b) The Legislative Budget Board, in coordination with the | |
| 20 | 18 | Texas Education Agency, shall conduct a study regarding the effect | |
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| 19 | + | of state educational mandates on school districts. The study must | |
| 20 | + | include: | |
| 23 | 21 | (1) a cost-benefit analysis on the impact of school | |
| 24 | - | district compliance with | |
| 22 | + | district compliance with state educational mandates, including a | |
| 25 | 23 | comparison of: | |
| 26 | 24 | (A) the direct and indirect costs incurred by a | |
| 27 | - | school district in complying with a federal educational mandate; | |
| 28 | - | and | |
| 25 | + | school district in complying with a state educational mandate; and | |
| 29 | 26 | (B) the amount of funds received by the district | |
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| 31 | - | (2) a list of all | |
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| 33 | - | reimbursement that results in expenditures accrued by a | |
| 34 | - | district | |
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| 27 | + | from the state to comply with the mandate; | |
| 28 | + | (2) a list of all state educational mandates for which | |
| 29 | + | the legislature has not appropriated or otherwise provided full | |
| 30 | + | payment or reimbursement that results in expenditures accrued by a | |
| 31 | + | school district to comply with the state educational mandate; and | |
| 32 | + | (3) recommendations to reduce the burden of state | |
| 33 | + | educational mandates on school districts, including proposals for | |
| 34 | + | legislative action. | |
| 38 | 35 | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 31, 2020, the | |
| 39 | 36 | Legislative Budget Board shall deliver a report of the board's | |
| 40 | 37 | findings and recommendations to the legislature. | |
| 41 | 38 | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2021. | |
| 42 | 39 | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | |
| 43 | 40 | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | |
| 44 | 41 | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | |
| 45 | 42 | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | |
| 46 | 43 | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |