HB 2509

89R9504 ANG-D
		By: Turner
  H.B. No. 2509
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to the basic allotment, school safety allotment, and
  guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an
  adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [For]
  each student in average daily attendance, not including the time
  students spend each day in special education programs in an
  instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and
  technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is
  made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
  equal to the lesser of $7,660 [$6,160] or the amount that results
  from the following formula:
  A = $7,660 [$6,160] X TR/MCR
  where:
         "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
         "TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations
  tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and
         "MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
  determined under Section 48.2551.
         (a-1)  Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the basic
  allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is
  adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that
  results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the
  comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for
  All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
  the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the
  preceding school year.
         SECTION 2.  Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and subject to
  adjustment under Subsection (a-2), a school district is entitled to
  an annual allotment equal to the sum of the following amounts or a
  greater amount provided by appropriation:
               (1)  $40 [$10] for each student in average daily
  attendance, plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance
  per every $50 by which the district's maximum basic allotment under
  Section 48.051 exceeds $7,660 [$6,160], prorated as necessary; and
               (2)  $45,000 [$15,000] per campus.
         (a-2)  Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the
  allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) is adjusted
  annually to increase the allotment by the amount that results from
  applying the inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on
  the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
  Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
  States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the preceding
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  Section 48.202(a-1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount
  guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per
  cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is:
               (1)  the greater of the amount of district tax revenue
  per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a school
  district at the 96th percentile of wealth per weighted student or
  the amount that results from multiplying the maximum amount of the
  basic allotment provided under Section 48˙.051 for the applicable
  school year [6,160, or the greater amount provided under Section
  48.051(b), if applicable,] by 0.016, for the first eight cents by
  which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds
  the district's tier one tax rate; and
               (2)  subject to Subsection (f), the amount that results
  from multiplying the maximum amount of the basic allotment provided
  under Section 48˙.051 for the applicable school year [$6,160, or the
  greater amount provided under Section 48.051(b), if applicable,] by
  0.008, for the district's maintenance and operations tax effort
  that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.