85R3397 KJE-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 94       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the basic allotment and the equalized wealth level   under the public school finance system.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  For each student in average daily attendance, not   including the time students spend each day in special education   programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or   career and technology education programs, for which an additional   allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an   allotment equal to the lesser of $5,800 [$4,765] or the amount that   results from the following formula:   A = $5,800 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)   where:          "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;          "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the   product of the state compression percentage, as determined under   Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax   rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and          "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the   product of the state compression percentage, as determined under   Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.