| 1 | 1 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 131 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for |
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| 7 | 7 | | certain students enrolled in excess of class size limitations. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 48.116. CLASS SIZE ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district |
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| 12 | 12 | | is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment |
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| 13 | 13 | | multiplied by 0.48 for each student in the district enrolled in a |
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| 14 | 14 | | class in excess of the maximum number of students permitted to be |
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| 15 | 15 | | enrolled in that class under Section 25.112(a) if the district has |
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| 16 | 16 | | been granted an exception under Section 25.112(d) from class size |
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| 17 | 17 | | limits for the two preceding school years. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total amount that |
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| 19 | 19 | | may be used to provide allotments under that subsection for a school |
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| 20 | 20 | | year may not exceed $320 million. If the total amount of allotments |
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| 21 | 21 | | to which school districts are entitled under Subsection (a) for a |
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| 22 | 22 | | school year exceeds the amount permitted under this subsection, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | commissioner shall proportionately reduce the amount of each |
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| 24 | 24 | | district's allotment until the total amount for the allotments is |
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| 25 | 25 | | equal to the amount permitted under this subsection. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 27 | 27 | | adding Subsections (d-1) to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d-1) Subject to Subsection (e), in addition to other |
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| 29 | 29 | | amounts provided by this section, in a geographic area within 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | miles of a district, including the geographic area of the district, |
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| 31 | 31 | | that has been granted an exception under Section 25.112(d) from |
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| 32 | 32 | | class size limits for the two preceding school years, a charter |
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| 33 | 33 | | holder is entitled to receive, for the open-enrollment charter |
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| 34 | 34 | | school, funding per student in average daily attendance in an |
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| 35 | 35 | | amount equal to the guaranteed level of state and local funds per |
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| 36 | 36 | | student per cent of tax effort under Section 46.032(a) multiplied |
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| 37 | 37 | | by the lesser of: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) the state average interest and sinking fund tax |
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| 39 | 39 | | rate imposed by school districts for the current year; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) a rate that would result in a total amount to which |
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| 41 | 41 | | charter schools are entitled under this subsection for the current |
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| 42 | 42 | | year equal to $60 million. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2024. |
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