Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R9504 ANG-D
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 2509
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the basic allotment, school safety allotment, and
10	10	guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an
11	11	adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
15	15	follows:
16	16	(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [For]
17	17	each student in average daily attendance, not including the time
18	18	students spend each day in special education programs in an
19	19	instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and
20	20	technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is
21	21	made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
22	22	equal to the lesser of $7,660 [$6,160] or the amount that results
23	23	from the following formula:
24	24	A = $7,660 [$6,160] X TR/MCR
25	25	where:
26	26	"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
27	27	"TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations
28	28	tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and
29	29	"MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
30	30	determined under Section 48.2551.
31	31	(a-1) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the basic
32	32	allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is
33	33	adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that
34	34	results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the
35	35	comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for
36	36	All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
37	37	the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the
38	38	preceding school year.
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
40	40	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
41	41	follows:
42	42	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and subject to
43	43	adjustment under Subsection (a-2), a school district is entitled to
44	44	an annual allotment equal to the sum of the following amounts or a
45	45	greater amount provided by appropriation:
46	46	(1) $40 [$10] for each student in average daily
47	47	attendance, plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance
48	48	per every $50 by which the district's maximum basic allotment under
49	49	Section 48.051 exceeds $7,660 [$6,160], prorated as necessary; and
50	50	(2) $45,000 [$15,000] per campus.
51	51	(a-2) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the
52	52	allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) is adjusted
53	53	annually to increase the allotment by the amount that results from
54	54	applying the inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on
55	55	the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
56	56	Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
57	57	States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the preceding
58	58	school year.
59	59	SECTION 3. Section 48.202(a-1), Education Code, is amended
60	60	to read as follows:
61	61	(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount
62	62	guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per
63	63	cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is:
64	64	(1) the greater of the amount of district tax revenue
65	65	per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a school
66	66	district at the 96th percentile of wealth per weighted student or
67	67	the amount that results from multiplying the maximum amount of the
68	68	basic allotment provided under Section 48˙.051 for the applicable
69	69	school year [6,160, or the greater amount provided under Section
70	70	48.051(b), if applicable,] by 0.016, for the first eight cents by
71	71	which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds
72	72	the district's tier one tax rate; and
73	73	(2) subject to Subsection (f), the amount that results
74	74	from multiplying the maximum amount of the basic allotment provided
75	75	under Section 48˙.051 for the applicable school year [$6,160, or the
76	76	greater amount provided under Section 48.051(b), if applicable,] by
77	77	0.008, for the district's maintenance and operations tax effort
78	78	that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by Subdivision (1).
79	79	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.