Bill Text: TX SB1015 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an ongoing review of the public school finance system by the Texas Education Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1015 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1015-Introduced.html
86R7096 KJE-D | ||
By: Powell | S.B. No. 1015 |
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relating to an ongoing review of the public school finance system by | ||
the Texas Education Agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 42.013 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.013. REVIEW OF SCHOOL FINANCE. (a) The agency shall | ||
conduct a review of the following elements of the public school | ||
finance system on a six-year cycle according to the following | ||
schedule: | ||
(1) in the first biennium of the cycle: | ||
(A) the basic allotment under Section 42.101; | ||
(B) the transportation allotment under Section | ||
42.155; and | ||
(C) the new instructional facility allotment | ||
under Section 42.158; | ||
(2) in the second biennium of the cycle: | ||
(A) the cost of education adjustment under | ||
Section 42.102; | ||
(B) the small and mid-sized district adjustment | ||
under Section 42.103; and | ||
(C) the special education allotment under | ||
Section 42.151; and | ||
(3) in the third biennium of the cycle: | ||
(A) the compensatory education allotment under | ||
Section 42.152; | ||
(B) the bilingual education allotment under | ||
Section 42.153; and | ||
(C) the career and technology education | ||
allotment under Section 42.154. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
the agency shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the | ||
results of the review for the applicable biennium and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Education Agency shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives its | ||
initial report required under Section 42.013, Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |