88R3568 MM-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1682
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state funding for school districts to which an
academically unacceptable school district is annexed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.054, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (i-1), (i-2), and
(i-3) to read as follows:
(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which
the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional
funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of
funding shall be determined by multiplying the lesser of the
enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section
48.256 or the enlarged district's total cost of tier one by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students residing
in the territory annexed to the receiving district preceding the
date of the annexation and the denominator of which is the number of
students residing in the district as enlarged on the date of the
annexation, and multiplying the resulting product by the quotient
of the enlarged district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
determined under Section 48.2551, for the current school year
divided by the receiving district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
determined under Section 48.2551, for the year in which the
annexation occurred. The commissioner shall provide the funding
under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the
Foundation School Program. A determination by the commissioner
under this subsection is final and may not be appealed.
(i-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district is
entitled to funding under this section for an annexation that
occurs on or after June 1, 2013.
(i-2) For each school district entitled to funding under
this section as provided by Subsection (i-1) that, as of September
1, 2023, has not received the full amount of funding to which the
district would have been entitled under this section if that
subsection had been in effect since June 1, 2013, the commissioner
shall:
(1) determine the difference between:
(A) the amount of funding to which the district
would have been entitled under this section if Subsection (i-1) had
been in effect since June 1, 2013; and
(B) the amount of funding the district has
received under this section; and
(2) provide the amount determined under Subdivision
(1) to the district in the form of:
(A) a lump sum; or
(B) equal annual installments over a period not
to exceed three years.
(i-3) This subsection and Subsection (i-2) expire September
1, 2027.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.