Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1017 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Bernal H.B. No. 1017
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to a study of the impact and feasibility of adopting
7	7	average daily membership when determining the entitlement of a
8	8	school district or open-enrollment charter school.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. (a) The commissioner of education shall conduct
11	11	a study of the impact and feasibility of adopting average daily
12	12	membership when determining the entitlement of a school district or
13	13	open-enrollment charter school.
14	14	(b) The commissioner of education shall establish an
15	15	advisory committee to assist the commissioner of education in
16	16	conducting the study. The advisory committee must be composed of:
17	17	(1) the following representatives appointed by the
18	18	commissioner of education:
19	19	(A) one representative of a school district that
20	20	is considered a "major urban" district, as defined by the Texas
21	21	Education Agency;
22	22	(B) one representative of a school district that
23	23	is considered a "major suburban" district, as defined by the Texas
24	24	Education Agency;
25	25	(C) one representative of a school district that
26	26	is considered an "other central city" district, as defined by the
27	27	Texas Education Agency;
28	28	(D) one representative of a school district that
29	29	is considered an "other central city suburban" district, as defined
30	30	by the Texas Education Agency;
31	31	(E) one representative of a school district that
32	32	is considered an "independent town" district, as defined by the
33	33	Texas Education Agency;
34	34	(F) one representative of a school district that
35	35	is considered a "non-metropolitan: fast growing" district, as
36	36	defined by the Texas Education Agency;
37	37	(G) one representative of a school district that
38	38	is considered a "non-metropolitan: stable" district, as defined by
39	39	the Texas Education Agency;
40	40	(H) one representative of a school district that
41	41	is considered a "rural" district, as defined by the Texas Education
42	42	Agency;
43	43	(I) one or more representatives from an
44	44	open-enrollment charter school;
45	45	(J) one or more representatives from
46	46	organizations interested in the effect of chronic absenteeism;
47	47	(K) public school finance experts;
48	48	(L) one or more representatives from the Texas
49	49	Demographic Center; and
50	50	(M) agency staff, as appropriate.
51	51	(c) The commissioner of education, with the assistance of
52	52	the advisory committee, shall study:
53	53	(1) the impact of transitioning from average daily
54	54	attendance to average daily membership on entitlements for school
55	55	districts and open-enrollment charter schools and the state school
56	56	finance system, disaggregated by all student groups served by the
57	57	districts and open-enrollment charter schools, including
58	58	categories of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, populations
59	59	eligible for allotments under Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education
60	60	Code, and populations served by special programs, including
61	61	students in special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter
62	62	29, Education Code; and
63	63	(2) the statutory and administrative changes that
64	64	would be necessary to effectively calculate district entitlements
65	65	under Subsection (c)(1);
66	66	(d) In studying the adoption of a new model for entitlement
67	67	calculations, the commissioner of education and the advisory
68	68	committee must compare the benefits and costs among different types
69	69	of districts, including comparisons between:
70	70	(1) "major urban" districts, as defined by the Texas
71	71	Education Agency;
72	72	(2) "major suburban" districts, as defined by the
73	73	Texas Education Agency;
74	74	(3) "other central city" districts, as defined by the
75	75	Texas Education Agency;
76	76	(4) "other central city suburban" districts, as
77	77	defined by the Texas Education Agency;
78	78	(5) "independent town" districts, as defined by the
79	79	Texas Education Agency;
80	80	(6) "non-metropolitan: fast growth" districts, as
81	81	defined by the Texas Education Agency;
82	82	(7) "non-metropolitan: stable" districts, as defined
83	83	by the Texas Education Agency;
84	84	(8) "rural" districts, as defined by the Texas
85	85	Education Agency; and
86	86	(9) open-enrollment charter districts.
87	87	(e) The commissioner of education and the advisory
88	88	committee shall prepare a report that:
89	89	(1) forecasts the fiscal impact to the State to
90	90	transition from the current school finance system that utilizes
91	91	average daily attendance to the systems described in Subsection
92	92	(c)(1) for a period of five years;
93	93	(2) evaluates relevant academic research regarding
94	94	the connection between attendance and academic success, and methods
95	95	and their cost to improve attendance in chronically absent
96	96	populations; and
97	97	(3) make recommendations regarding:
98	98	(A) methods for transitioning away from
99	99	utilizing average daily attendance as a system of funding
100	100	distribution to using a system that is dependent on both student
101	101	enrollment and student attendance in a manner that offers funding
102	102	stability;
103	103	(B) phasing in a new approach under Subsection
104	104	(c)(1) in a manner that would lessen the overall cost burden to the
105	105	state; and
106	106	(C) appropriate ways to consider enrollment when
107	107	determining entitlement calculations, including establishing
108	108	average daily membership as a calculation model;
109	109	(f) The commissioner of education may partner with school
110	110	districts, open-enrollment charter schools, or other appropriate
111	111	entities for assistance and to obtain information necessary to
112	112	conduct the study. A state agency, school district, or
113	113	open-enrollment charter school shall assist the commissioner of
114	114	education if the commissioner of education requests information or
115	115	assistance in conducting the study.
116	116	(g) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commissioner of
117	117	education shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor,
118	118	members of the texas senate, speaker of the house of
119	119	representatives and members of the Texas house of representatives
120	120	the report prepared under Subsection (e) of this section.
121	121	SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2023.
122	122	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
123	123	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
124	124	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
125	125	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
126	126	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.