| 1 | 1 | | 89R445 ANG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 248 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 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. Sections 48.101(b), (c), and (d), Education |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A school district that has fewer than 1,600 students in |
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| 15 | 15 | | average daily attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for |
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| 16 | 16 | | each student in average daily attendance based on the following |
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| 17 | 17 | | formula: |
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| 18 | 18 | | AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0008 [.0004]) X BA |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) A school district that offers a kindergarten through |
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| 20 | 20 | | grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily |
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| 21 | 21 | | attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in |
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| 22 | 22 | | average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following |
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| 23 | 23 | | formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) the formula in Subsection (b), if the district is |
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| 25 | 25 | | eligible for that formula; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .00005 [.000025]) X BA. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) Instead of the allotment under Subsection (b) or (c)(1), |
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| 28 | 28 | | a school district that has fewer than 300 students in average daily |
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| 29 | 29 | | attendance and is the only school district located in and operating |
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| 30 | 30 | | in a county is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in |
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| 31 | 31 | | average daily attendance based on the following formula: |
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| 32 | 32 | | AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00094 [.00047]) X BA |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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