| 1 | 1 | | 88R6859 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Plesa H.B. No. 2378 |
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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 an early agreement credit for the purchase of |
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| 8 | 8 | | attendance credit under the public school finance system. |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 49.1541 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 49.1541. EARLY AGREEMENT CREDIT. (a) The total amount |
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| 13 | 13 | | required under Section 49.153 for a school district to purchase |
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| 14 | 14 | | attendance credit under this subchapter for any school year is |
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| 15 | 15 | | reduced by four percent if the district submits a signed agreement |
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| 16 | 16 | | to the commissioner to pay the total amount required to be paid by |
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| 17 | 17 | | the district not later than September 1 of the school year for which |
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| 18 | 18 | | the agreement is in effect. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A reduction under Subsection (a) shall be made after |
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| 20 | 20 | | making any reduction to which the district is entitled under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 49.157 or another provision of this chapter. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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