| 1 | 1 | | 88R3568 MM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1682 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to state funding for school districts to which an |
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| 8 | 8 | | academically unacceptable school district is annexed. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (i-1), (i-2), and |
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| 12 | 12 | | (i-3) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (f) For five years beginning with the school year in which |
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| 14 | 14 | | the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional |
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| 15 | 15 | | funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of |
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| 16 | 16 | | funding shall be determined by multiplying the lesser of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 48.256 or the enlarged district's total cost of tier one by a |
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| 19 | 19 | | fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing |
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| 20 | 20 | | in the territory annexed to the receiving district preceding the |
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| 21 | 21 | | date of the annexation and the denominator of which is the number of |
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| 22 | 22 | | students residing in the district as enlarged on the date of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | annexation, and multiplying the resulting product by the quotient |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the enlarged district's maximum compressed tax rate, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | determined under Section 48.2551, for the current school year |
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| 26 | 26 | | divided by the receiving district's maximum compressed tax rate, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | determined under Section 48.2551, for the year in which the |
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| 28 | 28 | | annexation occurred. The commissioner shall provide the funding |
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| 29 | 29 | | under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | Foundation School Program. A determination by the commissioner |
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| 31 | 31 | | under this subsection is final and may not be appealed. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district is |
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| 33 | 33 | | entitled to funding under this section for an annexation that |
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| 34 | 34 | | occurs on or after June 1, 2013. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (i-2) For each school district entitled to funding under |
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| 36 | 36 | | this section as provided by Subsection (i-1) that, as of September |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1, 2023, has not received the full amount of funding to which the |
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| 38 | 38 | | district would have been entitled under this section if that |
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| 39 | 39 | | subsection had been in effect since June 1, 2013, the commissioner |
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| 40 | 40 | | shall: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) determine the difference between: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) the amount of funding to which the district |
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| 43 | 43 | | would have been entitled under this section if Subsection (i-1) had |
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| 44 | 44 | | been in effect since June 1, 2013; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) the amount of funding the district has |
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| 46 | 46 | | received under this section; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) provide the amount determined under Subdivision |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) to the district in the form of: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) a lump sum; or |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) equal annual installments over a period not |
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| 51 | 51 | | to exceed three years. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (i-3) This subsection and Subsection (i-2) expire September |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1, 2027. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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