| 1 | 1 | | 88R11383 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rogers H.B. No. 3907 |
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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 a reduction of the amount by which certain districts |
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| 8 | 8 | | with high enrollment of educationally disadvantaged students must |
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| 9 | 9 | | reduce the districts' local revenue levels in excess of entitlement |
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| 10 | 10 | | under the public school finance system. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.257, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) Subject to Subsection (b) and except as provided by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subsection (b-1), if a school district's tier one local share under |
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| 17 | 17 | | Section 48.256 exceeds the district's entitlement under Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 48.266(a)(1) less the district's distribution from the state |
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| 19 | 19 | | available school fund, the district must reduce the district's tier |
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| 20 | 20 | | one revenue level in accordance with Chapter 49 to a level not to |
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| 21 | 21 | | exceed the district's entitlement under Section 48.266(a)(1) less |
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| 22 | 22 | | the district's distribution from the state available school fund. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a school district |
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| 24 | 24 | | located in a county with a population of less than 150,000 to which |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subsection (a) applies and in which more than 50 percent of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | students are educationally disadvantaged, the agency shall adjust |
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| 27 | 27 | | the amount of the reduction required in the district's tier one |
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| 28 | 28 | | revenue level under Subsection (a) by 50 percent. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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