78R8208 CAS-D

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 2640



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to limits on the compensation and employment of school 
district administrators.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 21.4031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.4031.  LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATOR COMPENSATION.  A 
school district may not pay an administrator compensation that 
exceeds five times the lowest amount of compensation the district 
pays a classroom teacher.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 42, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 42.202 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.202.  LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATOR EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  A 
school district may not employ a number of administrators that 
exceeds a ratio of one administrator for each 12 teachers employed 
by the district.
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2003-2004, 
2004-2005, and 2005-2006 school years, a school district may not 
employ a number of administrators that exceeds a ratio of one 
administrator for each 11 teachers employed by the district.  This 
subsection expires September 1, 2007.
	(b)  For purposes of this section:                                      
		(1)  an administrator who teaches one or more classes 
is counted as one-half an administrator and is not counted as a 
teacher; and
		(2)  a counselor or librarian is not counted as either a 
teacher or an administrator.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.       
	SECTION 4.  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 September 1, 2003.