Bills › 91st General Assembly
Authorizing expenditures from certain funds by small school districts
Sponsored by Rep. Austin Harris (R)
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Small school districts with 200 students or fewer can use leftover money from certain specific funds for general school needs. This extra spending can last for up to five years, but it cannot be used to pay for staff salaries or benefits. To use this money, the school district must get approval from voters through an election.1
Read the official explanation
This bill authorizes expenditures from certain funds by small school districts. Under the bill, a school district with a budget enrollment of 200 students or less for each of the three most recent budget years may use, for up to five years, the unencumbered and unobligated moneys remaining in the physical plant and equipment levy fund (PPEL) and public education and recreation levy fund (PERL) for any school district general fund purpose, other than for salary and benefits. The bill also permits such a school district to adopt a new revenue purpose statement that includes the use of unobligated and unreserved revenues received from the secure an advanced vision for education fund (SAVE) for up to five years for any school district general fund purpose, other than for salary and benefits. Such use authorizations must be approved at an election where the question or the revenue purpose statement, as applicable, receives at least percent approval.
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2025. On February 5, 2025 it recommended passage.
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