Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R13108 KJE-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3951
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a pilot program using average enrollment for purposes
8	8	of the public school finance system.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 48.0052 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 48.0052. AVERAGE ENROLLMENT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
13	13	commissioner by rule shall establish a pilot program under which
14	14	participating school districts and open-enrollment charter schools
15	15	receive funding under the public school finance system based on
16	16	average enrollment instead of average daily attendance.
17	17	(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
18	18	must apply to participate in the pilot program.
19	19	(c) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall
20	20	approve for participation in the pilot program:
21	21	(1) five school districts with a student enrollment as
22	22	follows:
23	23	(A) one district with a student enrollment of
24	24	1,500 or less;
25	25	(B) one district with a student enrollment of
26	26	more than 1,500 but not more than 5,000;
27	27	(C) one district with a student enrollment of
28	28	more than 5,000 but not more than 20,000;
29	29	(D) one district with a student enrollment of
30	30	more than 20,000 but less than 50,000; and
31	31	(E) one district with a student enrollment of
32	32	50,000 or more; and
33	33	(2) three open-enrollment charter schools of three
34	34	different sizes, as determined by the commissioner.
35	35	(d) Under the pilot program, the commissioner shall, for
36	36	each participating school district or open-enrollment charter
37	37	school, for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years:
38	38	(1) reduce by $200 the amount of the basic allotment
39	39	determined under Section 48.051 for each student enrolled in the
40	40	district or school;
41	41	(2) calculate the district's or school's entitlement
42	42	under Chapter 46 and this chapter using the average number of
43	43	students enrolled at the district or school instead of the
44	44	district's or school's average daily attendance determined under
45	45	Section 48.005; and
46	46	(3) make the payments from the foundation school fund
47	47	to the district or school under Section 48.273 in four equal amounts
48	48	on or before dates determined by commissioner rule.
49	49	(e) Not later than December 1, 2024, the commissioner shall
50	50	submit to the legislature a written report on the results of the
51	51	pilot program and any recommendations for legislative or other
52	52	action.
53	53	(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
54	54	implement the pilot program.
55	55	(g) This section expires September 1, 2025.
56	56	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.