HBA-MPM H.B. 1683 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1683
By: Williams
Public Education
4/20/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law does not adequately address funding needs for a school district
with operational expenses associated with opening a new instructional
facility or expanding a new instructional facility. H.B. 1683 entitles a
school district to additional allotments for operational expenses
associated with opening a new instructional facility (facility) or
expanding an existing facility and sets forth these allotments per student
in weighted average daily attendance.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the commissioner of education in
SECTION 2 (Section 42.158, Education Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, by adding
Section 42.158, as follows: 

Sec. 42.158.  NEW OR EXPANDED INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY ALLOTMENT.  (a)
Entitles a school district (district) to an additional allotment for
operational expenses associated with opening a new instructional facility
(facility) or expanding an existing facility. 

(b)  Entitles a district to an allotment of $500 per student in weighted
average daily attendance (attendance) at the facility for the first school
year in which students attend a new instructional facility, and $500 for
the second year for each additional student in attendance at the facility. 

(c)  Entitles a district to $250 for each additional student in attendance
at an expanded instructional space in an existing facility that is designed
to accommodate an increase of at least 10 percent in the number of students
in attendance for the first year following the expansion. 

(d) Sets forth the formulas for determining the number of students and
additional students in attendance at an facility. 

(e)  Authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt rules necessary to
implement this section. 

(f)  Applies to this section the definition of "instructional facility"
assigned by Section 46.001, Education Code, where "instructional facility"
means real property, an improvement to real property, or a necessary
fixture of an improvement to real property that is used predominantly for
teaching the curriculum required under Section 28.002 (Required
Curriculum), Education Code. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.