Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE
Section 61.1009 - Fast Growth Allotment
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 61.1009
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply to the fast growth allotment in accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.111.
(1) Fast growth district--A school district
with total enrollment growth, based on a prior six-year period, that exceeds
250.
(2) Enrollment--The number of
students reported by the school district in the fall submission to the Texas
Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS
PEIMS).
(3) Applicable school
year--The school year in which the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will deliver
the fast growth allotment to the district.
(b) Eligibility. School districts are eligible for this allotment. TEC, § 12.106(a), excludes charter holders from eligibility for the fast growth allotment.
(c) Determination of allotment. The commissioner of education will determine a district's eligibility and calculate the allotment to which a district is entitled in the following manner.
(1) Prior to the start of
the applicable school year, each school district's enrollment for the preceding
school year, and for the six school years prior to the applicable school year,
will be obtained from TSDS PEIMS.
(2) The student enrollment growth value as
defined by TEC, §
48.111(a),
for each district will be calculated by subtracting 250 from the difference in
the number of students enrolled in the district during the school year
preceding the current school year and the number of students enrolled in the
district six years prior to the current school year, excluding from the
comparison students enrolled in a full-time accredited virtual campus through
the Texas Virtual School Network under TEC, Chapter 30A.
(3) The cumulative growth value over 250 for
each district will be the sum of all current year growth values that are sorted
in the order of lowest to highest, ending with the growth value for that
district.
(4) The percentile of
growth for each district will be calculated by dividing the district's
cumulative growth value over 250 by the statewide total value of cumulative
growth over 250.
(5) For the
2021-2022 school year, TEA will freeze the hold harmless comparison between the
district's fast growth allotment for the 2019-2020 school year and the
district's fast growth allotment for the 2021-2022 school year on January 1,
2022, and the fast growth allotment hold harmless amount that a district
receives for the 2021-2022 school year under TEC, §
48.111(d) and
(d-1), will not change after that
date.
(6) Using the sorting
methodology described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection:
(A) school districts whose percentile of
growth is greater than or includes 60.00% are determined to be in the tier with
the highest funding weight;
(B)
school districts whose percentile of growth is greater than or includes 30.00%
and less than 60.00% are determined to be in the tier with the middle funding
weight; and
(C) school districts
whose percentile of growth is less than 30.00% are determined to be in the tier
with the lowest funding weight.
(7) A determination of the commissioner made
under this section is final and not subject to appeal.
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