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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief |
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executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A school district may not employ a superintendent for |
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an annual salary in an amount that is greater than the amount of the |
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annual salary authorized by the legislature for the governor. For |
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purposes of this subsection, a superintendent's annual salary does |
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not include an amount paid by the district as: |
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(1) a bonus; or |
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(2) an allowance or stipend. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.136, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.136. [POSTING OF] CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SALARY. |
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(a) An open-enrollment charter school: |
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(1) may not employ a superintendent or, as applicable, |
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an administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive |
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officer for an annual salary in an amount that is greater than the |
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amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for the |
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governor; and |
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(2) shall post on the school's Internet website the |
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salary of the school's superintendent or, as applicable, of the |
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administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive |
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officer. |
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(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a superintendent's or |
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chief executive officer's annual salary does not include an amount |
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paid by the school as: |
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(1) a bonus; or |
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(2) an allowance or stipend. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies to an employment contract that |
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is entered into on or after September 1, 2021. An employment |
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contract that is entered into before September 1, 2021, is governed |
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by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, |
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and the former law remains in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |