| 1 | 1 | | 88R12139 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes, Springer S.B. No. 2122 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the fast growth allotment under the public school |
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| 8 | 8 | | 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. Section 48.111(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district |
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| 13 | 13 | | is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment |
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| 14 | 14 | | multiplied by the applicable weight under Subsection (a-1) for each |
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| 15 | 15 | | enrolled student equal to the greater of: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the difference, if the difference is greater than |
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| 17 | 17 | | zero, that results from subtracting 250 from the difference between |
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| 18 | 18 | | the number of students enrolled in the district during the school |
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| 19 | 19 | | year immediately preceding the current school year and the number |
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| 20 | 20 | | of students enrolled in the district during the school year six |
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| 21 | 21 | | years preceding the current school year; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the average annual growth in student enrollment in |
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| 23 | 23 | | the district for the preceding three school years, if the growth in |
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| 24 | 24 | | student enrollment in the district for the preceding three school |
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| 25 | 25 | | years is in the top quartile of student enrollment growth in school |
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| 26 | 26 | | districts in the state for that period, as determined by the |
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| 27 | 27 | | commissioner. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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