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HB441 • 2025

Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

Education
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Landgraf
Last action
2025-05-06
Official status
05/06/2025 H Left pending in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  3. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  4. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  5. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  6. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  7. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  8. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  9. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 441 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R3970 AMF-D

By: Landgraf

H.B. No. 441

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts

under the Foundation School Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.052(a), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) Notwithstanding Section 48.051, a school district that

has fewer than
350
[
130
] students in average daily attendance shall

be provided a basic allotment on the basis of
350
[
130
] students in

average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade

12 program and has preceding or current year's average daily

attendance of at least 90 students or is 30 miles or more by bus

route from the nearest high school district. A district offering a

kindergarten through grade 8 program whose preceding or current

year's average daily attendance was at least 50 students or which is

30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high school district

shall be provided a basic allotment on the basis of 75 students in

average daily attendance. An average daily attendance of 60

students shall be the basis of providing the basic allotment if a

district offers a kindergarten through grade 6 program and has

preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at least 40

students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high

school district.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.