Howard Bill Lifts Per-Student School Base To $7,500

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90R2662 AMF-D

By: Howard
H.B. No. 178

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the

Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts

to reflect inflation.

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

SECTION 1. Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as

follows:

(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [ For ]

each student in average daily attendance, not including the time

students spend each day in career and technology education programs

or in special education programs in a setting other than a general

education setting, for which an additional allotment is made under

Subchapter C, a school district is entitled to an allotment equal to

the lesser of the amounts that result from the following formulas:

(1) A = $7,500 [ $6,160 ] + GYIA; or

(2) A = ( $7,500 [ $6,160 ] + GYIA) X TR/MCR

where:

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

"GYIA" is the guaranteed yield increment adjustment

determined under Section 48.2561;

"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.

(a-1) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, the basic

allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is

adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that

results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the

comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for

All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of

the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the

preceding school year.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.