Sec. 41.252. SELECTION CRITERIA. (a) In selecting the districts to be consolidated with a district that has a property wealth greater than the equalized wealth level, the commissioner shall select one or more districts with a wealth per student that, when consolidated, will result in a consolidated district with a wealth per student equal to or less than the equalized wealth level. In achieving that result, the commissioner shall give priority to school districts in the following order:
(1) first, to the contiguous district that has the lowest wealth per student and is located in the same county;
(2) second, to the district that has the lowest wealth per student and is located in the same county;
(3) third, to a contiguous district with a property wealth below the equalized wealth level that has requested the commissioner that it be considered in a consolidation plan;
(4) fourth, to include as few districts as possible that fall below the equalized wealth level within the consolidation order that have not requested the commissioner to be included;
(5) fifth, to the district that has the lowest wealth per student and is located in the same regional education service center area; and
(6) sixth, to a district that has a tax rate similar to that of the district that has a property wealth greater than the equalized wealth level.
(b) The commissioner may not select a district that has been created as a result of consolidation by agreement under Subchapter B to be consolidated under this subchapter with a district that has a property wealth greater than the equalized wealth level.
(c) In applying the selection criteria specified by Subsection (a), if more than two districts are to be consolidated, the commissioner shall select the third and each subsequent district to be consolidated by treating the district that has a property wealth greater than the equalized wealth level and the district or districts previously selected for consolidation as one district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
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