By: Campbell, Bettencourt S.B. No. 457       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to funding for an open-enrollment charter school and to   the guaranteed level of state and local funds provided to school   districts through the existing debt allotment.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.106, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  In addition to other amounts provided by this section, a   charter holder is entitled to receive, for the open-enrollment   charter school, funding per student in average daily attendance in   an amount equal to the guaranteed level of state and local funds per   student per cent of tax effort under Section 46.032(a) multiplied   by the lesser of:                (1)  the state average interest and sinking fund tax   rate imposed by school districts for the current year; or                (2)  a rate that would result in the total   appropriation under this subsection to be $100,000,000, which is to   be split equally between charter schools and school districts.          SECTION 2.  Section 46.032(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount   per student in state and local funds for each cent of tax effort to   pay the principal of and interest on eligible bonds. The amount of   state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section   46.034, is determined by the formula:   EDA = (EDGL X ADA X EDTR X 100) - (EDTR X (DPV/100))   where:          "EDA" is the amount of state funds to be allocated to the   district for assistance with existing debt;          "EDGL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and   local funds per student per cent of tax effort, which is $40 [$35]   or a greater amount for any year provided by appropriation;          "ADA" is the number of students in average daily attendance,   as determined under Section 42.005, in the district;          "EDTR" is the existing debt tax rate of the district, which is   determined by dividing the amount budgeted by the district for   payment of eligible bonds by the quotient of the district's taxable   value of property as determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403,   Government Code, or, if applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided   by 100; and          "DPV" is the district's taxable value of property as   determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if   applicable, under Section 42.2521.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect only if a specific   appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a   general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2018.