87R10231 MEW-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4283
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a reduction of the amount by which a school district
with high enrollment of educationally disadvantaged students or
students of limited English proficiency must reduce the district's
local revenue levels in excess of entitlement under the public
school finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.257, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (b) and except as provided by
Subsection (b-1), if a school district's tier one local share under
Section 48.256 exceeds the district's entitlement under Section
48.266(a)(1) less the district's distribution from the state
available school fund, the district must reduce the district's tier
one revenue level in accordance with Chapter 49 to a level not to
exceed the district's entitlement under Section 48.266(a)(1) less
the district's distribution from the state available school fund.
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a school district
to which Subsection (a) applies and in which more than 80 percent of
the students are educationally disadvantaged or students of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, the agency shall
adjust the amount of the reduction required in the district's tier
one revenue level under Subsection (a) by 20 percent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.