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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a school district to reimburse classroom |
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teachers at certain grade levels for the cost of classroom supplies |
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purchased with personal money. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.417 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.417. CLASSROOM SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A school |
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district shall reimburse each classroom teacher employed by the |
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district who teaches students enrolled at or below the ninth grade |
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level up to $600 per school year for the cost of classroom supplies |
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purchased by the teacher with the teacher's personal money for the |
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benefit of those students. |
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(b) A classroom teacher may be reimbursed under the |
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classroom supply reimbursement program established under Section |
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21.414 for the cost of purchases eligible for reimbursement under |
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that section for which the teacher is not reimbursed under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |