Floor Packet Page No. 6
Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1.10 of the bill, in amended Section 42.101,
Education Code (house committee report, page 6, line 21), strike
"$2,537" and substitute "$2,407".
(2) Between SECTIONS 1.13 and 1.14 of the bill (house
committee report, page 9, between lines 5 and 6), insert the
following new SECTIONS:
SECTION 1.13. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.159 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.159. PROFESSIONAL STAFF ALLOTMENT. (a) A school
district is entitled to an allotment of $3,000 for each classroom
teacher, full-time librarian, full-time counselor, or full-time
nurse the district employs.
(b) An allotment under this section may be used only for
purposes of salaries for professional staff described by this
section.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
section, including rules that:
(1) provide for payment of the allotment under this
section for a person employed in more than one capacity for which
an allotment is provided and whose combined employment in those
capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be
considered a school nurse.
SECTION 1.14. Subsection (a), Section 42.251, Education
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The sum of the basic allotment under Subchapter B and
the special allotments under Subchapter C, computed in accordance
with this chapter, constitute the tier one allotments. The sum of
the tier one allotments, the guaranteed yield allotments under
Subchapter F, and assistance provided under the school facilities
tier <assistance program> under Subchapter I <H>, computed in
accordance with this chapter, constitute the total cost of the
Foundation School Program.
(3) In SECTION 1.15 of the bill, strike added Section
42.2512, Education Code (house committee report, page 10, line 13,
through page 11, line 10), and substitute the following:
Sec. 42.2512. SALARY TRANSITION AID. (a) For the
1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003 school years, a
school district that is required to take action under Chapter 41 to
reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth level is
entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the amount, if any, by
which the total allotment to which the district is entitled under
Section 42.159 exceeds the amount of additional funds to which the
district is entitled due to the increases made by S.B. No. 4, Acts
of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, to the equalized
wealth level under Section 41.002.
(b) The commissioner shall determine the amount of
additional state aid under this section to which each school
district is entitled. A decision of the commissioner under this
section is final and may not be appealed.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2003.
(4) In SECTION 1.18 of the bill, in the introductory
language (house committee report, page 15, line 8), strike
"Subsection (e)" and substitute "Subsections (a), (c), and (e)".
(5) In SECTION 1.18 of the bill, preceding amended Section
42.253(e), Education Code (house committee report, page 15, between
lines 9 and 10), insert the following:
(a) For each school year the commissioner shall determine:
(1) the amount of money to which a school district is
entitled under Subchapters B and C;
(2) the amount of money to which a school district is
entitled under Subchapter F;
(3) the amount of money to which a school district is
entitled under Subchapter I;
(4) the amount of money allocated to the district from
the available school fund;
(5) <(4)> the amount of each district's tier one local
share under Section 42.252; and
(6) <(5)> the amount of each district's tier two local
share under Section 42.302.
(c) Each school district is entitled to an amount equal to
the difference for that district between the sum of Subsections
(a)(1), <and> (a)(2), and (a)(3) and the sum of Subsections
<(a)(3),> (a)(4), <and> (a)(5), and (a)(6).
(6) In SECTION 1.19 of the bill, in the introductory
language (house committee report, page 16, line 18), strike
"Subsection (a),".
(7) In SECTION 1.19 of the bill, in amended Section
42.302(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 16, line
20), strike "(a)" and substitute "Sec. 42.302. ALLOTMENT. (a)".
(8) In SECTION 1.19 of the bill, in amended Section
42.302(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 17, line
4), strike "$24.75" and substitute "$23.10".
(9) In SECTION 1.19 of the bill, following amended Section
42.302(a), Education Code (house committee report, page 17, between
lines 23 and 24), insert the following:
(b) In computing the district enrichment and facilities tax
rate of a school district, the total amount of taxes collected by
the school district does not include the amount of:
(1) the district's local fund assignment under Section
42.252;
(2) taxes collected to pay the local share of debt
service for which the district receives state aid under Subchapter
I;
(3) taxes collected to pay the local share of the cost
of an instructional facility for which the district receives state
assistance under Chapter 46; or
(4) <(3)> taxes paid into a tax increment fund under
Chapter 311, Tax Code.
(10) Strike SECTION 1.20 of the bill, amending Section
42.303, Education Code (house committee report, page 17, line 24,
through page 19, line 17), and substitute the following:
SECTION 1.20. Chapter 42, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I. SCHOOL FACILITIES TIER
Sec. 42.501. ALLOTMENT. (a) Each school district is
guaranteed a specified amount per student in state and local funds
for each cent of tax effort to pay the principal of and interest on
eligible bonds. The amount of state support is determined by the
formula:
where:
"FTA" is the amount of state funds to be allocated to the
district as a facilities tier allotment;
"FGL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and
local funds per student per cent of tax effort, which is $35 or a
greater amount for any year provided by appropriation;
"ADA" is the number of students in average daily attendance
in the district;
"FTR" is the district facilities tax rate of the school
district, which is determined by dividing the amount of taxes
budgeted to be collected by the district for payment of eligible
bonds by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property
as determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or,
if applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and
"DPV" is the district's taxable value of property as
determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if
applicable, under Section 42.2521.
(b) The district facilities tax rate under Subsection (a)
may not exceed the rate that would be necessary for the current
year, using state funds under Subsection (a), to make payments of
principal and interest on the bonds for which the tax is pledged.
Sec. 42.502. ELIGIBLE BONDS. Bonds are eligible to be paid
with state and local funds under this subchapter if:
(1) taxes levied to pay the principal of and interest
on the bonds were included in the district's audited debt service
collections for the 1998-1999 school year; and
(2) the district does not receive state assistance
under Chapter 46 for payment of the principal and interest on the
bonds.
Sec. 42.503. LIMIT ON ASSISTANCE. If the amount required to
pay the principal of and interest on eligible bonds in a school
year is less than the district's audited debt service collections
for the 1998-1999 school year, the district may not receive aid in
excess of the amount that, when added to the district's local
revenue for the school year, equals the amount required to pay the
principal of and interest on the bonds.
Sec. 42.504. PAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE. Notwithstanding Section
42.259, as soon as practicable after September 1 of each year, the
commissioner shall distribute to each school district the amount of
state assistance under this subchapter to which the commissioner
has determined the district is entitled for the school year. The
district shall deposit the money in the interest and sinking fund
for the bonds for which the assistance is received and shall adopt
a tax rate for purposes of debt service that takes into account the
balance of the interest and sinking fund.
(11) In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, strike added Section
21.402(c-1), Education Code (house committee report, page 23, lines
15-25) and substitute the following:
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 1999-2000 and
2000-2001 school years, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian,
full-time counselor, or full-time nurse is entitled to a monthly
salary that is at least equal to the greater of:
(1) the sum of:
(A) the monthly salary the employee would have
received for the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001 school year, as applicable
under the district's salary schedule for the 1998-1999 school year,
if that schedule had been in effect for the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001
school year, including any local supplement and any money
representing a career ladder supplement the employee would have
received in the 1999-2000 or 2000-2001 school year; and
(B) $300; or
(2) the salary to which the employee is entitled under
Subsection (a).
(12) In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in added Section
21.402(c-2), Education Code (house committee report, page 23, line
27), strike "2000" and substitute "2001".
(13) In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, strike added Section
21.402(d), Education Code (house committee report, page 24, lines
1-13), and substitute the following:
(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
counselor, or full-time nurse employed by a school district in the
2000-2001 school year is, as long as the employee is employed by
the same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to
the salary the employee received for the 2000-2001 school year.
(14) In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, between new Sections
21.402(f) and (g), Education Code (house committee report, page 24,
between lines 23 and 24), insert the following:
(g) This section applies only to:
(1) a classroom teacher, full-time librarian,
full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse for whom the school
district is entitled to an allotment under Section 42.159; or
(2) a person employed in more than one capacity for
which an allotment under Section 42.159 is provided and whose
combined employment in those capacities constitutes full-time
employment and for whom the district is entitled to an allotment
under that section.
(15) In SECTION 1.22 of the bill, in new Section 21.402(g),
Education Code (house committee report, page 24, line 24), strike
"(g)" and substitute "(h)."
(16) Strike SECTION 2.01 of the bill, adding Sections 29.155
and 29.156, Education Code (house committee report, page 35, line
16, through page 36, line 26).
(17) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.