87R2890 MM-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 4377
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. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the total amount of funding per student in weighted average daily
attendance to which a charter holder may be entitled for an
open-enrollment charter school under this section may not exceed
the total amount of state and local revenue, including maintenance
and operations revenue and revenue for debt service, per student in
weighted average daily attendance of the school district within
whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest
enrollment is located. If a charter holder's funding would exceed
that amount, the amount of funding to which the charter holder would
otherwise be entitled under this section shall be reduced to comply
with the maximum amount of funding described by this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.