TITLE: Relating to the improvement of certain school campuses based on the construction or rehabilitation of certain low income housing developments in the attendance zone of those campuses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the improvement of certain school campuses based on the construction or rehabilitation of certain low income housing developments in the attendance zone of those campuses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the improvement of certain school campuses based on the construction or rehabilitation of certain low income housing developments in the attendance zone of those campuses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 380, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 380.005 to read as follows: Sec. 380.005. REQUIRED MUNICIPAL FUNDING OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In this section, "development" has the meaning assigned by Section 2306.6702, Government Code. (b) This section applies only to land that is: (1) located in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million and in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in a single municipality; and (2) annexed by a municipality under Chapter 43. (c) A municipality in which a development is being constructed or rehabilitated on land to which this section applies shall request from each independent school district with a campus whose attendance zone includes the development an impact study that evaluates the capital improvements necessary for the campus to reasonably accommodate the estimated increase in the number of students that will result from the development. (d) Notwithstanding any other law and based on the results of the impact study a municipality requests under Subsection (c), the municipality shall fund the capital improvements identified as necessary in that study. The capital improvements must be completed in the manner and based on the timeline agreed on by the municipality and independent school district. SECTION 2. Section 380.005, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to the construction or rehabilitation of a development that is in progress on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.