HBA-MSH H.B. 1532 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1532
By: Kuempel
Public Education
7/26/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount per weighted student
in state and local funds in relation to the district's tax revenue. This
guaranteed yield program is designed to provide each school district with
the opportunity to provide the basic program and to supplement that program
at a level of its own choice.  New Braunfels Independent School District
has a fiscal year that begins September 1 rather than January 1 as for
other school districts.  This discrepancy affected the calculation of the
New Braunfels ISD's tax revenue for determining state funding levels.
House Bill 1532 provided for the calculation of the tax revenue for certain
districts as the taxes collected on or after January 1 through December 31
of the same school year. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1532 amended the Education Code to provide that for the purposes
of determining the guaranteed allotment for a school district under the
Foundation School Program, the total amount of maintenance and operations
taxes collected for an applicable school year by a school district with
alternate tax dates is the amount of taxes collected on or after January 1
of the year in which the school year begins and not later than December 31
of the same year. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.  The Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school
year.