85R780 MEW-D     By: Bohac H.B. No. 587       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation of a technology applications course   allotment under the foundation school program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 42.1542 to read as follows:          Sec. 42.1542.  TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS COURSE ALLOTMENT.   (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily   attendance in an approved technology applications course, a   district is entitled to:                (1)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic   allotment multiplied by the weight specified in Section   42.154(a)(1); and                (2)  the amount specified in Section 42.154(a)(2), if   the student is enrolled in two or more advanced technology   applications courses for a total of three or more credits.          (b)  In this section, "full-time equivalent" means 30 hours   of contact a week between a student and technology applications   course personnel.          (c)  Funds allocated under this section, other than an   indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education   rule, must be used in providing technology applications courses in   grades 9 through 12.          SECTION 2.  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   programs, [or] career and technology education programs, or   technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment   is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment   equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the   following formula:   A = $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 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.