HB390 - Relating to the components of a school district's enrichment tax rate and the calculation of the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program.

  89R2322 MEW-D     By: Plesa H.B. No. 390       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the components of a school district's enrichment tax   rate and the calculation of the guaranteed yield under the   Foundation School Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 45.0032(b), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  A district's enrichment tax rate consists of:                (1)  any cents of additional maintenance and operations   tax effort, not to exceed 10 [ eight ] cents over the maximum tax rate   described by Subsection (a); and                (2)  any cents of additional maintenance and operations   tax effort that exceeds the sum of the maximum tax rate described by   Subsection (a) and the maximum number of cents permitted under   Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  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 6,160, or the greater   amount provided under Section 48.051(b), if applicable, by 0.016,   for the first 10 [ 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 $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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.