Texas Education Code - Section 42.259. Foundation School Fund Transfers
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§ 42.259. FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND TRANSFERS. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Category 1 school district" means a school
district having a wealth per student of less than one-half of the
statewide average wealth per student.
(2) "Category 2 school district" means a school
district having a wealth per student of at least one-half of the
statewide average wealth per student but not more than the
statewide average wealth per student.
(3) "Category 3 school district" means a school
district having a wealth per student of more than the statewide
average wealth per student.
(4) "Wealth per student" means the taxable property
values reported by the comptroller to the commissioner under
Section 42.252 divided by the number of students in average daily
attendance.
(b) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
category 1 school district shall be made as follows:
(1) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of September of a fiscal year;
(2) 80 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in eight equal installments to be made on or
before the 25th day of October, November, December, January, March,
May, June, and July; and
(3) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of February.
Text of subsec. (c) effective until Aug. 1, 2009
(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
category 2 school district shall be made as follows:
(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of September of a fiscal year;
(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of October;
(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of November;
(4) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of April;
(5) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of May;
(6) 10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of June;
(7) 13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of July; and
(8) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the fifth
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
Subdivision (1).
Text of subsec. (c) effective Aug. 1, 2009
(c) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
category 2 school district shall be made as follows:
(1) 22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of September of a fiscal year;
(2) 18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of October;
(3) 9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of November;
(4) 7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of April;
(5) five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of May;
(6) 10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of June;
(7) 13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of July; and
(8) 15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of August.
Text of subsec. (d) effective until August 1, 2009
(d) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
category 3 school district shall be made as follows:
(1) 45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of September of a fiscal year;
(2) 35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of October; and
(3) 20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the fifth
day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
Subdivision (1).
Text of subsec. (d) effective August 1, 2009
(d) Payments from the foundation school fund to each
category 3 school district shall be made as follows:
(1) 45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of September of a fiscal year;
(2) 35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of October; and
(3) 20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
25th day of August.
(e) The amount of any installment required by this section
may be modified to provide a school district with the proper amount
to which the district may be entitled by law and to correct errors
in the allocation or distribution of funds. If an installment under
this section is required to be equal to other installments, the
amount of other installments may be adjusted to provide for that
equality. A payment under this section is not invalid because it is
not equal to other installments.
Text of subsec. (f) effective until Aug. 1, 2009
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), any
previously unpaid additional funds from prior years owed to a
district shall be paid to the district together with the September
payment of the current year entitlement.
Text of subsec. (f) effective Aug. 1, 2009
(f) Any previously unpaid additional funds from prior years
owed to a district shall be paid to the district together with the
September payment of the current year entitlement.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 426, § 31, eff. June 9,
1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, § 4, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2006,
79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 1.06, eff. Aug. 1, 2009.
Section: 42.2522 42.253 42.2531 42.254 42.255 42.257 42.258 42.259 42.260 42.261 42.301 42.302 42.303 42.304 42.352
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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