TITLE: Relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to funding for open-enrollment charter schools.

FULL TEXT:
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.