85R6330 GCB-D     By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1868       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study of funding for school district instructional   facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.042 to read as follows:          Sec. 7.042.  INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES FUNDING STUDY. (a)   The agency shall conduct a study of instructional facilities   funding under Subchapters A and B, Chapter 46, using information   under Subsection (b) for the 1999-2000 through 2017-2018 school   years for each school district that, based on the district's   property wealth per student for the 2015-2016 school year, is   either in the top 10 percent of districts based on property wealth   per student or the bottom 10 percent of districts based on property   wealth per student.          (b)  In conducting the study, for each district described by   Subsection (a) and for each school year included in the study, the   agency shall collect the following categories of information for   the purpose of analyzing the relationships between the categories:                (1)  district property wealth per student;                (2)  demographic information, as determined by the   commissioner;                (3)  district interest and sinking fund tax rate and   yield;                (4)  total amount of money provided under Subchapter A   or B, Chapter 46;                (5)  the number of districts that received funding   under Subchapter A or B, Chapter 46; and                (6)  the average amount of money paid per district   under Subchapter A or B, Chapter 46.          (c)  The agency shall use the study conducted under this   section to run instructional facilities finance models for the   purpose of identifying inequities in the way districts receive   funding under Chapter 46.          (d)  The agency shall make recommendations for decreasing or   eliminating inequities identified under Subsection (c).          (e)  Not later than December 1, 2018, the agency shall   provide to the legislature a report that:                (1)  states the findings of the analysis conducted   under Subsection (b);                (2)  includes the results of the finance model runs   conducted under Subsection (c); and                (3)  includes the agency's recommendations under   Subsection (d).          (f)  This section expires January 1, 2019.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.