(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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