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Overview of Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction (ASATR) Hold Harmless PRESENTED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD STAFF SEPTEMBER 2016

Public Education and House Appropriations Committee Joint Charge Current law requires the elimination on September 1, 2017, of Additional State Aid for Tax Relief (ASATR), which was intended to offset the cost of tax-rate compressions enacted in 2006. Review how this loss of funding would impact school districts. SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ID: 3534 2

Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction (ASATR) Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction, or ASATR, also commonly referred to as Hold Harmless, is the second of two funding components which make up Tier 1. ASATR was first enacted in 2006 and has since been modified in subsequent legislative sessions. It was developed as a hold harmless mechanism to guarantee that districts would not lose revenue as a result of legislation requiring districts to compress their property tax rates by one-third over a two-year period. Under ASATR, each district has a Target Revenue amount, or an amount that each district is entitled to based on a district’s legacy FSP entitlement, as determined by the best of three different calculations, prior to fiscal year 2007. If a district’s Tier 1 formula funding is less than its Target Revenue, the district receives the difference as “Hold Harmless” state aid. SEPTEMBER 2016 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ID: 3534 3

Total ASATR Funding and Number of Districts Receiving ASATR, Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017 Since the 2008-09 biennium, there are two major reasons for significant decrease in the total cost and number of hold harmless districts: (1) Multiple increases in formula funding since 2008-09; (2) Most of the entitlement reduction taken in 2013 was taken via a decrease in revenue targets, while the entitlement increases since that time have been as general formula increases IN MILLIONS DISTRICTS $6,000 1,125 1,050 $5,500 975 $5,000 900 $4,500 825 $4,000 750 675 $3,500 600 $3,000 525 $2,500 450 $2,000 375 300 $1,500 225 $1,000 150 $500 75 $0 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* Total Additional State Aid for Tax Relief Hold Harmless Number of Districts Receiving ASATR SEPTEMBER 2016 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ID:3534 4

Hold Harmless Expiration and Statistics Pursuant to legislation enacted in 2011, the Hold Harmless structure began phasing out in fiscal year 2013 through the “Hold Harmless Reduction Percentage,” which decreased Target Revenue for districts receiving Hold Harmless state aid. The entire hold harmless mechanism expires at the end of fiscal year 2017. Fiscal Year 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 Fiscal Year 2016 Fiscal Year 2017 Total Cost to the State of Hold Harmless (in millions) $414.2 $235.3 $340.0 $225.4 Number of ISDs Receiving Hold Harmless 285 219 249 175 Percent of ISDs Receiving Hold Harmless 28.0% 21.5% 24.7% 17.2% SEPTEMBER 2016 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ID: 3534 5

Contact the LBB Legislative Budget Board www.lbb.state.tx.us 512.463.1200 SEPTEMBER 2016 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ID: 3534 6