85R10484 KKA-F
 
  By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1353
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to state financial assistance for a school district to
  which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.054(g), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  In order to assist with the costs of facility
  renovation, repair, and replacement, a [A] district to which
  territory is annexed under this section is entitled to additional
  state aid for five years, beginning with the school year in which
  the annexation occurs [equal to the amount by which the annual debt
  service required to meet the indebtedness incurred by the district
  due to the annexation exceeds the additional amount of state aid
  that results from the adjustment under Subsection (f), if any]. The
  commissioner shall determine the amount of additional state aid
  provided each year by dividing the amount of debt service taxes
  received by the district during the tax year preceding the tax year
  in which the annexation occurs by the number of students enrolled in
  the district immediately preceding the date of annexation, and
  multiplying that result by the number of additional students
  enrolled in the district on September 1 after the date of
  annexation. The commissioner shall provide additional state aid
  under this subsection from funds appropriated for purposes of the
  Foundation School Program and available for that purpose. A
  determination by the commissioner under this subsection is final
  and may not be appealed. [In determining the amount of annual debt
  service required, the estimated tax levy from applying the
  receiving district's current debt service tax rate, if any, to the
  territory that has been annexed shall be deducted.]
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.054, Education Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies to a school district to which territory is annexed
  under that section on or after July 1, 2016.
         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, 2017.