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By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 36
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of summer school employees of the
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas
School for the Deaf.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.024(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The governing board of the school may enter into an
employment contract with any employee who provides, or supervises
any employee who provides, direct and regular educational services
to students or who provides other professional educational
services. Each teacher shall be employed under a term contract as
provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 21, or under a probationary
contract as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 21. An employee
employed under a contract under this subsection:
(1) shall be paid in accordance with a salary
structure adopted by the superintendent with the concurrence of the
board that provides salaries equal, on a daily-rate basis, to
salaries paid to employees employed in comparable positions by the
Austin Independent School District;
(2) is not eligible for longevity pay under Subchapter
D, Chapter 659, Government Code, and is not entitled to a paid day
off from work on any national or state holiday;
(3) is eligible for sick leave accrual under the
General Appropriations Act in each month in which at least one day
of the month is included in the term of the employment contract and
in any other month in which work is performed or paid leave is
taken;
(4) may be permitted by the board to take paid time off
from work during the term of the employment contract for personal
reasons as designated by the board, but the paid time off may not
exceed three days per contract term and may not be carried forward
from one contract term to a subsequent contract term;
(5) may be permitted by the board to be paid the salary
designated in the employment contract in 12 equal monthly
installments; [and]
(6) shall work the hours established by the board; and
(7) shall be paid for summer school employment in
accordance with a compensation structure adopted by the
superintendent with the concurrence of the board that provides
compensation equal, on a daily-rate basis, to compensation paid to
summer school employees employed in comparable positions by the
Austin Independent School District.
SECTION 2. Section 30.055(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The governing board of the school may enter into an
employment contract with any employee who provides, or supervises
any employee who provides, direct and regular educational services
to students or who provides other professional, educational
services. Each teacher shall be employed under a term contract as
provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 21, or under a probationary
contract as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 21. An employee
employed under a contract under this subsection:
(1) shall be paid in accordance with a salary
structure adopted by the superintendent with the concurrence of the
board that provides salaries equal, on a daily-rate basis, to
salaries paid to employees employed in comparable positions by the
Austin Independent School District;
(2) is not eligible for longevity pay under Subchapter
D, Chapter 659, Government Code, and is not entitled to a paid day
off from work on any national or state holiday;
(3) is eligible for sick leave accrual under the
General Appropriations Act in each month in which at least one day
of the month is included in the term of the employment contract and
in any other month in which work is performed or paid leave is
taken;
(4) may be permitted by the board to use a maximum of
four days per contract term of accrued sick leave for personal
reasons as designated by the board but the number of sick leave days
not used for personal reasons during a contract term may not be
carried forward to a subsequent contract term for use as personal
leave;
(5) shall be paid the salary designated in the
employment contract in 12 equal monthly installments if the
employee chooses to be paid in that manner; [and]
(6) shall work the hours established by the board; and
(7) shall be paid for summer school employment in
accordance with a compensation structure adopted by the
superintendent with the concurrence of the board that provides
compensation equal, on a daily-rate basis, to compensation paid to
summer school employees employed in comparable positions by the
Austin Independent School District.
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.