89R445 ANG-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 248
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the
public school finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 48.101(b), (c), and (d), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A school district that has fewer than 1,600 students in
average daily attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for
each student in average daily attendance based on the following
formula:
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0008 [.0004]) X BA
(c) A school district that offers a kindergarten through
grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in
average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following
formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment:
(1) the formula in Subsection (b), if the district is
eligible for that formula; or
(2) AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .00005 [.000025]) X BA.
(d) Instead of the allotment under Subsection (b) or (c)(1),
a school district that has fewer than 300 students in average daily
attendance and is the only school district located in and operating
in a county is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in
average daily attendance based on the following formula:
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00094 [.00047]) X BA
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.