By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2142     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the repeal of the high school allotment under the   Foundation School Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 29.918(a) and (b), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding Section [39.234 or] 42.152, a school   district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout   rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the   commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter   school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under   Section 42.152 [and the high school allotment under Section 42.160]   for developing and implementing research-based strategies for   dropout prevention.  The district or charter school shall submit   the plan not later than December 1 of each school year preceding the   school year in which the district or charter school will receive the   compensatory education allotment [or high school allotment] to   which the plan applies.          (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school to   which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25   percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory   education allotment [or high school allotment] unless the   commissioner approves the plan submitted under Subsection (a).  The   commissioner shall complete an initial review of the district's or   charter school's plan not later than March 1 of the school year   preceding the school year in which the district or charter school   will receive the compensatory education allotment [or high school   allotment] to which the plan applies.          SECTION 2.  Section 39.0233(a), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt a series of questions to   be included in an end-of-course assessment instrument administered   under Section 39.023(c) to be used for purposes of Section 51.3062.     The questions adopted under this subsection must be developed in a   manner consistent with any college readiness standards adopted   under Section [Sections 39.233 and] 51.3062.          SECTION 3.  Section 42.302(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount   per weighted student in state and local funds for each cent of tax   effort over that required for the district's local fund assignment   up to the maximum level specified in this subchapter.  The amount of   state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section   42.303, is determined by the formula:   GYA = (GL X WADA X DTR X 100) - LR   where:          "GYA" is the guaranteed yield amount of state funds to be   allocated to the district;          "GL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local   funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort, which is an   amount described by Subsection (a-1) or a greater amount for any   year provided by appropriation;          "WADA" is the number of students in weighted average daily   attendance, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the school   district's allotments under Subchapters B and C, less any allotment   to the district for transportation, any allotment under Section   42.158 [or 42.160], and 50 percent of the adjustment under Section   42.102, by the basic allotment for the applicable year;          "DTR" is the district enrichment tax rate of the school   district, which is determined by subtracting the amounts specified   by Subsection (b) from the total amount of maintenance and   operations taxes collected by the school district for the   applicable school year and dividing the difference by the quotient   of the district's taxable value of property as determined under   Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if applicable,   under Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and          "LR" is the local revenue, which is determined by multiplying   "DTR" by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property as   determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if   applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided by 100.          SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Education Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 29.097(g);                (2)  Section 29.098(e);                (3)  Section 39.233;                (4)  Section 39.234; and                (5)  Section 42.160.          SECTION 5.  It is the intent of the legislature in repealing   by this Act the high school allotment under Section 42.160,   Education Code, that the funding that would otherwise have been   allocated for that allotment be used to increase the amount of   funding for the basic allotment under Section 42.101, Education   Code, in the General Appropriations Act.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.