85R5462 KJE-D
 
  By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1039
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 12.106(a-1) and (a-2), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter
  school under Subsection (a), adjustments under Sections 42.102,
  42.103, 42.104, and 42.105 are based on the lesser of:
               (1)  the average adjustment for the state; or
               (2)  the adjustment for the school district within
  whose boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest
  enrollment is located.
         (a-2)  In addition to the funding provided by Subsection (a),
  a charter holder is entitled to receive for the open-enrollment
  charter school enrichment funding under Section 42.302 based on the
  lesser of:
               (1)  the state average tax effort; or
               (2)  the tax effort of the school district within whose
  boundaries the charter holder's campus with the greatest enrollment
  is located.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.