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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the entitlement of school districts and open-enrollment |
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charter schools to a certain funding level and to the appropriation |
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of money from the economic stabilization fund to be used for public |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Save Our Schools |
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Act. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.2532 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2532. ENTITLEMENT TO FUNDING LEVELS PROVIDED DURING |
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THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR. Notwithstanding any other provision of |
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this chapter, each school district and open-enrollment charter |
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school is entitled to receive at least the amount of state and local |
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maintenance and operations funding per student in weighted average |
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daily attendance that the district would be entitled to receive |
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under this chapter as it existed on January 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. In addition to amounts appropriated to the Texas |
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Education Agency for the Foundation School Program by S.B. 2, Acts |
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of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar |
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legislation, the amount necessary to provide school districts and |
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open-enrollment charter schools with the full amount of funding to |
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which they are entitled under Section 42.2532, Education Code, as |
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added by this Act, for the state fiscal biennium beginning |
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September 1, 2011, as determined by the commissioner of education |
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in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board, is appropriated |
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from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency |
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for the Foundation School Program under Chapter 42, Education Code. |
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SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, |
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regardless of the relative dates of enactment. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect only if it receives a vote |
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of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the |
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legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |