By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1263
73R5457 CAE-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the termination of the teacher career ladder.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. The following provisions of the Education Code
1-5 are repealed:
1-6 (1) Subchapter E, Chapter 13; and
1-7 (2) Sections 13.0321(c), 13.035(c), 16.057, and
1-8 16.158.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 16.202, Education Code, is amended to
1-10 read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 16.202. Studies. On a biennial basis, the Legislative
1-12 Education Board and the Legislative Budget Board, with the
1-13 assistance of the Educational Economic Policy Center and the
1-14 Central Education Agency, shall complete each of the following
1-15 studies and develop recommended amounts where appropriate for each
1-16 year of the next biennium:
1-17 (1) a study of the fiscal neutrality of the system to
1-18 determine the status of the state and local finance system with
1-19 regard to the policies established under the provisions of Section
1-20 16.001 of this code, including recommendations for adjustments
1-21 necessary to maintain fiscal neutrality;
1-22 (2) the accountable costs per student to school
1-23 districts of providing educational programs, personnel, and other
1-24 operating costs that meet accreditation criteria and the provisions
2-1 of law and regulation;
2-2 (3) program cost differentials designed by program to
2-3 provide support for the added expense of high-cost courses or
2-4 programs for students participating in such courses or programs,
2-5 with the program funding level expressed as dollar amounts and as
2-6 weights applied to the adjusted basic allotment for the appropriate
2-7 year;
2-8 (4) transportation allotment <and career ladder
2-9 allotments>;
2-10 (5) the levels of tax effort necessary for each tier
2-11 of the Foundation School Program necessary to fulfill the
2-12 requirements of Sections 16.001 and 16.008 of this code; and
2-13 (6) capital outlay and debt service requirements and
2-14 formula elements for the requirements of Subchapter I of this
2-15 chapter or other provisions of this chapter.
2-16 SECTION 3. Section 16.302(a), Education Code, is amended to
2-17 read as follows:
2-18 (a) Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount
2-19 per weighted student in state and local funds for each cent of tax
2-20 effort over that required for the local fund assignment of the
2-21 county education district in which the school district is located
2-22 up to the maximum level specified in this subchapter. The amount
2-23 of state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section
2-24 16.303 of this code, is determined by the formula:
2-25 where:
2-26 "GYA" is the guaranteed yield amount of state funds to be
2-27 allocated to the district;
3-1 "GL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local
3-2 funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort, which is $21.50
3-3 for the 1991-1992 school year, $22.50 for the 1992-1993 school
3-4 year, $26 for the 1993-1994 school year, and $28 for each school
3-5 year thereafter, or a greater amount for any year provided by
3-6 appropriation, or a greater amount adopted by the foundation school
3-7 fund budget committee under Section 16.256(d) of this code for the
3-8 1993-1994 or 1994-1995 school year or thereafter;
3-9 "WADA", except as provided by Section 16.206 of this code, is
3-10 the number of weighted students in average daily attendance, which
3-11 is calculated by dividing the sum of the school district's
3-12 allotments under Subchapters C and D of this chapter, less any
3-13 allotments to the district for transportation<, career ladder
3-14 supplements,> or technology and 50 percent of the adjustment under
3-15 Section 16.102 of this code, by the basic allotment for the
3-16 applicable year;
3-17 "DTR" is the district enrichment and facilities tax rate of
3-18 the school district, which is determined by dividing the total
3-19 amount of taxes collected by the school district for the applicable
3-20 school year by the quotient of the district's taxable value of
3-21 property as determined under Section 11.86 of this code divided by
3-22 100; and
3-23 "LR" is the local revenue, which is determined by multiplying
3-24 "DTR" by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property
3-25 as determined under Section 11.86 of this code divided by 100.
3-26 SECTION 4. Section 13.912(a), Education Code, is amended to
3-27 read as follows:
4-1 (a) A school district may not deny a teacher a salary bonus
4-2 or similar compensation given in whole or in part on the basis of
4-3 teacher attendance <or a career ladder advancement> because of the
4-4 teacher's absence from school for observance of a religious holy
4-5 day.
4-6 SECTION 5. Section 825.405(b), Government Code, is amended
4-7 to read as follows:
4-8 (b) For purposes of this section, the statutory minimum
4-9 salary is the salary provided by Section 16.056, Education Code,
4-10 multiplied by the cost of education adjustment applicable under
4-11 Section 16.102, Education Code, to the district in which the member
4-12 is employed<, plus any career ladder supplement under Section
4-13 16.057, Education Code>.
4-14 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
4-15 SECTION 7. A teacher employed by a school district for the
4-16 1992-1993 school year and receiving a career ladder supplement is
4-17 entitled to receive a salary in the 1993-1994 school year and each
4-18 year thereafter in an amount that is equal to or greater than the
4-19 sum of the teacher's salary and career ladder supplement for the
4-20 1992-1993 school year if the teacher remains employed by that
4-21 school district in the same or a similar position.
4-22 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
4-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.