bill raising the basic allotment to $7,564

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89R3805 CMO-D

By: West
S.B. No. 597

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the

Foundation School Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.051(a), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not

including the time students spend each day in special education

programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or

career and technology education programs, for which an additional

allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an

allotment equal to the lesser of $7,564 [ $6,160 ] or the amount that

results from the following formula:

A = $7,564 [ $6,160 ] X TR/MCR

where:

"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;

"TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations

tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and

"MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as

determined under Section 48.2551.

SECTION 2. Section 48.202(a-1), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount

guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per

cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is:

(1) the greater of the amount of district tax revenue

per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a school

district at the 96th percentile of wealth per weighted student or

the amount that results from multiplying $7,564 [ 6,160 ], or the

greater amount provided under Section 48.051(b), if applicable, by

0.016, for the first eight cents by which the district's

maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds the district's tier one

tax rate; and

(2) subject to Subsection (f), the amount that results

from multiplying $7,564 [ $6,160 ], or the greater amount provided

under Section 48.051(b), if applicable, by 0.008, for the

district's maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the

amount of tax effort described by Subdivision (1).

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.