87R3442 MM-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2744       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to funding for small and mid-sized open-enrollment charter   schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a-2) and adding Subsection (a-5) to read as   follows:          (a-2)  Subject to Subsection (a-5) and in [In] addition to   the funding provided by Subsection (a), a charter holder is   entitled to receive for the open-enrollment charter school an   allotment per student in average daily attendance in an amount   equal to the lesser of:                (1)  the difference between:                      (A) [(1)]  the product of:                            (i) [(A)]  the quotient of:                                  (a) [(i)]  the total amount of funding   provided to eligible school districts under Section 48.101(b) or   (c); and                                  (b) [(ii)]  the total number of   students in average daily attendance in school districts that   receive an allotment under Section 48.101(b) or (c); and                            (ii) [(B)] the sum of one and the quotient   of:                                  (a) [(i)]  the total number of   students in average daily attendance in school districts that   receive an allotment under Section 48.101(b) or (c); and                                  (b) [(ii)]  the total number of   students in average daily attendance in school districts statewide;   and                      (B) [(2)]  $125; or                (2)  the average allotment per student in average daily   attendance under Section 48.101 for the school districts in the   county in which the student resides.          (a-5)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a-2), the amount of the   allotment per student in average daily attendance to which a   charter holder is entitled to receive for an open-enrollment   charter school under that subsection is an amount equal to:                (1)  half of the amount computed under that subsection   if the school has at least 1,601 but not more than 5,000 students in   average daily attendance; and                (2)  zero if the school has more than 5,000 students in   average daily attendance.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.