Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 41.002,
Education Code (committee report, page 1, lines 11 through 14).
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the introductory language
(committee report, page 1, line 15), strike "Effective September 1,
2000,".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the introductory language
(committee report, page 1, line 19), strike "(e)" and substitute
"(f)".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 41.002(e),
Education Code (committee report, page 1, lines 56 and 57), strike
"for the <1997-1998, 1998-1999, and> 1999-2000 school year
<years>," and substitute "<for the 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and
1999-2000 school years,>".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 41.002(e),
Education Code (committee report, page 2, line 5), strike "This
subsection expires September 1, 2000" and substitute "Subsection
(c) does not apply to a district to which this subsection applies
<This subsection expires September 1, 2000>".
(6) In SECTION 3 of the bill, following amended Section
41.002(e), Education Code (committee report, page 2, between lines
5 and 6), insert the following:
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), a school district's
effective tax rate is determined by dividing the total amount of
taxes collected by the district for the applicable school year less
any amounts paid into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax
Code, by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property,
as determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code,
divided by 100. <This subsection expires September 1, 2000.>
(7) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill, amending Section 42.101,
Education Code (committee report, page 2, lines 6 through 14).
(8) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in the introductory language,
(committee report, page 2, line 15), strike "Effective September 1,
2000,".
(9) In SECTION 11 of the bill, in the introductory language
(committee report, page 3, lines 66 and 67), strike "Subsections
(a) and (c), Section 42.253, Education Code, are amended" and
substitute "Section 42.253, Education Code, is amended by amending
Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (e-1)".
(10) In SECTION 11 of the bill, following amended Section
42.253(c), Education Code (committee report, page 4, between lines
15 and 16), insert the following:
(e-1) For the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school years, in
accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner
shall recompute the limit authorized under Subsection (e) for each
school district that receives assistance under Subchapter I based
on taxes in connection with which the district formerly received
assistance under Subchapter F. A decision of the commissioner
under this subsection is final and may not be appealed. This
subsection expires September 1, 2001.
(11) In SECTION 12 of the bill, in amended Section
42.302(a), Education Code (committee report, page 4, line 30),
strike "$22.50" and substitute "$23.10".
(12) Between SECTIONS 18 and 19 of the bill (committee
report, page 8, between lines 15 and 16), insert the following new
SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 1999, Section 21.402,
Education Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), and except as provided
by Subsection (e), for the 1999-2000 school year, a school district
must pay each classroom teacher or full-time librarian not less
than the minimum monthly salary, based on the employee's level of
experience, as follows:
Years Experience 0 1 2 3 4
Salary 2,461 2,524 2,581 2,639 2,696
Years Experience 5 6 7 8 9
Salary 2,817 2,938 3,059 3,172 3,278
Years Experience 10 11 12 13 14
Salary 3,379 3,473 3,564 3,649 3,728
Years Experience 15 16 17 18 19
Salary 3,805 3,876 3,944 4,008 4,068
Years Experience 20
Salary 4,126
(a-2) Subsection (a-1) and this subsection expire September
1, 2000.
(13) In SECTION 19 of the bill, in the introductory language
(committee report, page 8, line 16), strike "September 1, 1999",
and substitute "September 1, 2000".
(14) Between SECTIONS 23 and 24 of the bill (committee
report, page 13, between lines 24 and 25), insert the following new
SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION ____. Sections 403.302(h) and (i), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(h) For purposes of Section <Sections 41.0011 and> 42.2511,
Education Code, for the 1998 and 1999 <1996 and 1997> tax years,
the comptroller shall certify to the commissioner of education:
(1) a final value for each school district computed on
a residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII,
Texas Constitution, of $5,000; and
(2) a final value for each school district computed
on:
(A) a residence homestead exemption under
Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, of $15,000; and
(B) the effect of the additional limitation on
tax increases under Section 1-b(d), Article VIII, Texas
Constitution, as proposed by HJR 4, 75th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1997.
(i) Subsection (h) and this subsection expire September 1,
2001 <1999>.
(15) In SECTION 27 of the bill, in amended Section
824.804(a), Government Code (committee report, page 14, lines 45
and 46), strike "79 percent" and substitute "59 <79> percent".
(16) Between SECTIONS 32 and 33 of the bill (committee
report, page 15, between lines 55 and 56), insert the following new
SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION ____. (a) For the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school
years, the commissioner of education shall increase the entitlement
under the Foundation School Program of a school district that
experiences additional salary cost resulting from the change in the
minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402, Education Code, as
amended by this Act, that is not offset as specified in Subsection
(b) of this section by the increase in the basic allotment under
Section 42.101, Education Code, and the guaranteed yield under
Section 42.302 as amended by this Act, or the increase in the
equalized wealth level under Section 41.002, Education Code, as
amended by this Act, for the appropriate school year. For each of
those years, the amount of additional salary cost is computed by
determining what the district's salary cost would have been if the
appropriate minimum salary schedule prescribed by Section 21.402,
Education Code, as amended by this Act, had been in effect for the
1998-1999 school year and comparing the difference between that
cost and the amount the district was required to pay under the
minimum salary schedule that was in effect for the 1998-1999 school
year to the additional state funding the district would have
received as a result of the appropriate change to the basic
allotment if that change had been in effect for the 1998-1999
school year. For this purpose, the commissioner shall use
1998-1999 employment and salary data as reported through the Public
Education Information Management Systems (PEIMS).
(b) The commissioner shall increase a school district's
entitlement under this section only if:
(1) the school district uses the amount of additional
state funds as required by Section 20(b) of this Act to increase
the salaries of classroom teachers and full-time librarians; and
(2) that amount does not fully offset the additional
salary cost.
(c) A decision by the commissioner under this section is
final and nonappealable.
(17) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.