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TX Educ Code § 48.264 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.264. Adjustment for Certain Districts With Early High School Graduation Programs

Sec. 48.264.  ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITH EARLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAMS.  (a)  As a pilot program to enable the state to evaluate the benefit of providing additional funding at the prekindergarten level for low-income students, the commissioner shall provide prekindergarten funding in accordance with this section to a school district located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico.(b)  The commissioner shall provide funding for a school district's prekindergarten program on a half-day basis for a number of low-income prekindergarten students equal to twice the number of students who received, as a result of participation in an early high school graduation program operated by the district, a high school diploma from the district during the preceding school year after three years of secondary school attendance.(c)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.(d)  This section expires September 1, 2023.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 694 (H.B. 731), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.2527 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.2642 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.2642. Adjustments for Texas First Early High School Completion Program Graduates

Sec. 48.2642.  ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEXAS FIRST EARLY HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION PROGRAM GRADUATES.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commissioner shall count toward a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's average daily attendance under Section 48.005 each student who graduates early from high school in the district or school under the Texas First Early High School Completion Program established under Section 28.0253 for the period in which the student is enrolled at an eligible institution using state credit awarded under the Texas First Scholarship Program established under Subchapter K-1, Chapter 56, based on a 100 percent attendance rate.(b)  As soon as practicable after receipt of the report under Section 56.226, the commissioner shall reduce the amount of a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's entitlement under this chapter for the school year by an amount equal to the total amount of state credit issued during the preceding school year to the district's or school's high school graduates under the Texas First Scholarship Program established under Subchapter K-1, Chapter 56.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (S.B. 1888), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 48.265 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.265. Excess Funds for Video Surveillance of Special Education Settings

Sec. 48.265.  EXCESS FUNDS FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the commissioner determines that the amount appropriated for the purposes of the Foundation School Program exceeds the amount to which school districts are entitled under this chapter, the commissioner by rule shall establish a grant program through which excess funds are awarded as grants for the purchase of video equipment, or for the reimbursement of costs for previously purchased video equipment, used for monitoring special education classrooms or other special education settings required under Section 29.022.(b)  In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner shall give highest priority to districts with maintenance and operations tax rates at the greatest rates permitted by law.  The commissioner shall also give priority to:(1)  districts with maintenance and operations tax rates at least equal to the state maximum compressed tax rate, as defined by Section 48.051(a), and lowest amounts of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student; and(2)  districts with debt service tax rates near or equal to the greatest rates permitted by law.(c)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and administer this section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (S.B. 507), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.2528 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.267 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.267. Adjustment by Commissioner

Sec. 48.267.  ADJUSTMENT BY COMMISSIONER.  (a)  The commissioner may make adjustments to amounts due to a school district under this chapter or Chapter 46, or to amounts necessary for a district to comply with the requirements of Chapter 49, as provided by this section.(b)  A school district that has a major taxpayer, as determined by the commissioner, that because of a protest of the valuation of the taxpayer's property fails to pay all or a portion of the ad valorem taxes due to the district may apply to the commissioner to have the district's taxable value of property or ad valorem tax collections adjusted for purposes of this chapter or Chapter 46 or 49.  The commissioner may make the adjustment only to the extent the commissioner determines that making the adjustment will not:(1)  in the fiscal year in which the adjustment is made, cause the amount to which school districts are entitled under this chapter to exceed the amount appropriated for purposes of the Foundation School Program for that year; and(2)  if the adjustment is made in the first year of a state fiscal biennium, cause the amount to which school districts are entitled under this chapter for the second year of the biennium to exceed the amount appropriated for purposes of the Foundation School Program for that year.(c)  The commissioner shall recover the benefit of any adjustment made under this section by making offsetting adjustments in the school district's taxable value of property or ad valorem tax collections for purposes of this chapter or Chapter 46 or 49 on a final determination of the taxable value of property that was the basis of the original adjustment, or in the second school year following the year in which the adjustment is made, whichever is earlier.(d)  This section does not require the commissioner to make any requested adjustment.  A determination by the commissioner under this section is final and may not be appealed.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1156, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.2531 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.268 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.268. Adjustment for Resolution of Dispute or Error Resulting in Taxation of Same Property by Multiple School Districts

Sec. 48.268.  ADJUSTMENT FOR RESOLUTION OF DISPUTE OR ERROR RESULTING IN TAXATION OF SAME PROPERTY BY MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  The commissioner shall adjust the amounts due to a school district under this chapter and Chapter 46 as necessary to account for the resolution of a dispute or error involving the district and another district by an agreement between the districts entered into under Section 31.112(c), Tax Code, or by a final order of the supreme court entered under Section 72.010, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 2242), Sec. 5, eff. June 12, 2017.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.2532 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.269 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.269. Estimates Required

Sec. 48.269.  ESTIMATES REQUIRED.  (a)  Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year:(1)  the agency shall submit to the legislature an estimate of the tax rate and student enrollment of each school district for the following biennium; and(2)  the comptroller shall submit to the legislature an estimate of the total taxable value of all property in the state as determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, for the following biennium.(b)  The agency and the comptroller shall update the information provided to the legislature under Subsection (a) not later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1071, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.254 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.270 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.270. Falsification of Records; Report

Sec. 48.270.  FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS;  REPORT.  When, in the opinion of the agency's director of school audits, audits or reviews of accounting, enrollment, or other records of a school district reveal deliberate falsification of the records, or violation of the provisions of this chapter, through which the district's share of state funds allocated under the authority of this chapter would be, or has been, illegally increased, the director shall promptly and fully report the fact to the State Board of Education, the state auditor, and the appropriate county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.255 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.271 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.271. Effect of Appraisal Appeal

Sec. 48.271.  EFFECT OF APPRAISAL APPEAL.  (a)  If the final determination of an appeal under Chapter 42, Tax Code, results in a reduction in the taxable value of property that exceeds five percent of the total taxable value of property in the school district for the same tax year determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, the commissioner shall request the comptroller to adjust its taxable property value findings for that year consistent with the final determination of the appraisal appeal.(b)  If the district would have received a greater amount from the foundation school fund for the applicable school year using the adjusted value, the commissioner shall add the difference to subsequent distributions to the district from the foundation school fund.  An adjustment does not affect the local fund assignment of any other district.(c)  In addition to the funding provided under Subsection (b), a school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of interest included in a refund made by the district under Section 42.43, Tax Code, in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2018, or August 31, 2019.  This subsection expires September 1, 2021.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.257 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.272 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.272. Recovery of Overallocated Funds

Sec. 48.272.  RECOVERY OF OVERALLOCATED FUNDS.  (a)  If a school district has received an overallocation of state funds, the agency shall, by withholding from subsequent allocations of state funds for the current or subsequent school year or by requesting and obtaining a refund, recover from the district an amount equal to the overallocation.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the agency may recover an overallocation of state funds over a period not to exceed the subsequent five school years if the commissioner determines that the overallocation was the result of exceptional circumstances reasonably caused by statutory changes to Chapter 46 or 49 or this chapter and related reporting requirements.(c)  If a district fails to comply with a request for a refund under Subsection (a), the agency shall certify to the comptroller that the amount constitutes a debt for purposes of Section 403.055, Government Code.  The agency shall provide to the comptroller the amount of the overallocation and any other information required by the comptroller.  The comptroller may certify the amount of the debt to the attorney general for collection.(d)  Any amounts recovered under this section shall be deposited in the foundation school fund.(e)  Subject to Subsection (f), the agency may review a school district as necessary to determine if the district qualifies for each allotment received by the district under this chapter.  If the agency determines that a school district received an allotment to which the district was not entitled, the agency may establish a corrective action plan or withhold the applicable amount of funding from the district.(f)  The agency may not review school district expenditures that occurred seven or more years before the review.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 57.24, eff. September 28, 2011.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.258 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.2721 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.2721. Recovery of Funds From Excessive Taxation

Sec. 48.2721.  RECOVERY OF FUNDS FROM EXCESSIVE TAXATION.  The commissioner shall reduce state aid or adjust the limit on local revenue under Section 48.257 in an amount equal to the amount of revenue generated by a school district's tax effort that is not in compliance with Section 45.003 or this chapter.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 48.275 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.275. Use of Certain Funds

Sec. 48.275.  USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.  (a)  In this section, "participating charter school" means an open-enrollment charter school that participates in the uniform group coverage program established under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code.(b)  The amount of additional funds to which each school district or participating charter school is entitled due to the increases in formula funding made by H.B. No. 3343, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and any subsequent legislation amending the provisions amended by that Act that increase formula funding under Chapter 49 and this chapter to school districts and charter schools is available for purposes of Subsection (c).(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a school district or participating charter school may use the sum of the following amounts of funds only to pay contributions under a group health coverage plan for district or school employees:(1)  the amount determined by multiplying the amount of $900 or the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act for that year for purposes of the state contribution under Section 1579.251, Insurance Code, by the number of district or school employees who participate in a group health coverage plan provided by or through the district or school; and(2)  the difference between the amount necessary for the district or school to comply with Section 1581.052, Insurance Code, for the school year and the amount the district or school is required to use to provide health coverage under Section 1581.051, Insurance Code, for that year.(d)  A determination by the commissioner under this section is final and may not be appealed.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 2.08, eff. Sept. 1, 2002.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 62, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 57.25, eff. September 28, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 930 (S.B. 1663), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.260 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.|For expiration of this section, see Subsection (e).For expiration of Subsections (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3), see Subsection (d-3).
TX Educ Code § 48.278 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.278. Equalized Wealth Transition Grant

Sec. 48.278.  EQUALIZED WEALTH TRANSITION GRANT.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), a school district is entitled to receive an annual allotment in an amount equal to the amount of additional revenue a school district received for the 2018-2019 school year under former Sections 41.002(e) through (g), as those sections existed on January 1, 2019.(b)  For purposes of calculating a district's allotment under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall reduce the amount to which a district is entitled under Subsection (a) by:(1)  for the 2020-2021 school year, 20 percent;(2)  for the 2021-2022 school year, 40 percent;(3)  for the 2022-2023 school year, 60 percent; and(4)  for the 2023-2024 school year, 80 percent.(c)  This section expires September 1, 2024.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.043, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 48.279 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.279. Maintenance of State Financial Support for Special Education

Sec. 48.279.  MAINTENANCE OF STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.  (a) Funds appropriated for purposes of this section or transferred in accordance with this section are state funds for purposes of compliance with the requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18). The commissioner shall identify the amount of funding described by this subsection and separate that amount from other funding provided under this chapter.(b)  If the commissioner determines that the total amount of funding for special education for a school year that ends during the first state fiscal year of a state fiscal biennium is less than the amount required to comply with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall use funds appropriated for the Foundation School Program for the second state fiscal year of that biennium to increase funding for special education for the first state fiscal year of that biennium in an amount necessary to ensure compliance with that provision.(c)  If the commissioner determines that the total amount of funding for special education for a school year that ends during the second state fiscal year of a state fiscal biennium is less than the amount required to comply with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall submit to the legislature an estimate of the amount of funding needed to comply with that provision for that state fiscal year.(d)  If federal funds are withheld for a school year due to noncompliance with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall use for that school year an amount of funds described by Subsection (a) equal to the amount of withheld funds in the same manner and for the same purposes as the withheld funds would have been provided.(e)  After the commissioner has replaced any withheld federal funds as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioner shall distribute the remaining amount, if any, of funds described by Subsection (a) to proportionately increase funding for the special education allotment under Section 48.102.(f)  In complying with Subsection (d), the commissioner may implement any program necessary to ensure the use of funds in accordance with that subsection.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.043, eff. September 1, 2019.|For expiration of this section, see Subsection (d).
TX Educ Code § 48.281 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 48 - Foundation School Program|Subchapter F. Financing the Program|Section 48.281. Maintenance of Effort and Equity for Federal Money Related to Covid-19 Pandemic

Sec. 48.281.  MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND EQUITY FOR FEDERAL MONEY RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioner shall increase a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's entitlement under this chapter as necessary to ensure compliance with requirements regarding maintenance of effort and maintenance of equity under Section 317, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L. No. 116-260, reprinted in note, 20 U.S.C. Section 3401), and Section 2001, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2, reprinted in note, 20 U.S.C. Section 3401).(b)  Before making an increase under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall notify the Legislative Budget Board and the governor of the proposed increase.  The increase is considered to be approved unless the Legislative Budget Board or the governor issues a written disapproval of the increase not later than the 30th day after the date on which the commissioner provides notice under this subsection.(c)  If the total amount of money available to the commissioner for purposes of making increases under this section for a state fiscal year is insufficient to make an increase the commissioner determines necessary under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall submit to the legislature an estimate of the amount of funding needed to make the increase for that state fiscal year.(d)  This section expires September 1, 2025.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2021.|