This section gives certain school districts an entitlement to additional funding and requires the commissioner to adopt rules to administer it.
Sec. 48.252. SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTITLEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) This section applies only to: (1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as provided by Section 11.174; (2) a charter granted by a school district for a program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a majority of the governing body of the charter holder; (3) a school district that contracts with an open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or campus program as provided by Section 11.157(b); and (4) a school district that operates a resource campus as provided by Section 29.934. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or Chapter 49, a school district subject to this section is entitled to receive for each student in average daily attendance at the campus or program described by Subsection (a) an amount equivalent to the difference, if the difference results in increased funding, between: (1) the amount described by Section 12.106; and (2) the amount to which the district would be entitled under this chapter. (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 953 (S.B. 1882), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 2117), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.2511 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.040, eff. September 1, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2021.