78S40257 ESH-F

By:  Mowery                                                       H.B. No. 49 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the number of administrators employed by a school 
district and the salaries paid to those persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 11.203 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.203.  TEACHER/ADMINISTRATOR RATIOS; SALARY 
LIMIT.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Administrator" means a school district employee, 
other than a classroom teacher or direct student service provider, 
who:
			(A)  holds at least a bachelor's degree; and                          
			(B)  earns an annual salary of more than $40,000.                     
		(2)  "Direct student service provider" means:                          
			(A)  a librarian assigned to a campus; or                             
			(B)  a nurse assigned to a campus.                                    
	(b)  A school district may not employ a number of 
administrators that exceeds a ratio of one administrator for each 
nine classroom teachers employed by the district.
	(b-1)  Subsection (b) applies beginning with the 2008-2009 
school year.  For the 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008 school 
years, a school district may not employ a number of administrators 
that exceeds the following average ratios:
		(1)  for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years, one 
administrator for each seven classroom teachers employed by the 
district; and
		(2)  for the 2007-2008 school year, one administrator 
for each eight classroom teachers employed by the district.
	(b-2)  Subsection (c) applies to the computation of a ratio 
under Subsection (b-1).  Subsection (b-1) and this subsection 
expire January 1, 2009.
	(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b):                                    
		(1)  the principal and one assistant principal at each 
campus in the district are considered to be direct student service 
providers;
		(2)  an administrator who teaches one or more classes 
is counted as one-half an administrator and is not counted as a 
classroom teacher; and
		(3)  a direct student service provider is not counted 
as either a classroom teacher or an administrator unless the person 
is also a classroom teacher, in which event the person is counted as 
a classroom teacher.
	(d)  A school district may not pay an administrator a salary 
that exceeds five times the amount of the lowest salary the district 
pays a full-time classroom teacher.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.