88R12139 MEW-D
By: Hughes, Springer S.B. No. 2122
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fast growth allotment under the public school
finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.111(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district
is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment
multiplied by the applicable weight under Subsection (a-1) for each
enrolled student equal to the greater of:
(1) the difference, if the difference is greater than
zero, that results from subtracting 250 from the difference between
the number of students enrolled in the district during the school
year immediately preceding the current school year and the number
of students enrolled in the district during the school year six
years preceding the current school year; or
(2) the average annual growth in student enrollment in
the district for the preceding three school years, if the growth in
student enrollment in the district for the preceding three school
years is in the top quartile of student enrollment growth in school
districts in the state for that period, as determined by the
commissioner.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.