Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB567 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/18/2018

                    86R358 KKA-F
 By: Capriglione H.B. No. 567


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to adjustment of a school district's wealth per student
 under the school finance system to reflect campus security costs.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 41.001(2), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (2)  "Wealth per student" means the taxable value of
 property, as determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government
 Code, divided by the number of students in weighted average daily
 attendance and adjusted in accordance with Section 41.0011.
 SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Education Code, is
 amended by adding Section 41.0011 to read as follows:
 Sec. 41.0011.  ADJUSTMENT OF WEALTH PER STUDENT FOR CAMPUS
 SECURITY COSTS. The commissioner shall adjust a school district's
 wealth per student by deducting the amount of revenue per student in
 weighted average daily attendance expended by the district to pay
 campus security costs during the preceding school year.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.