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Floor Packet Page No. 7                                                     



	

Amend HB 2  by striking page 25, line 16, through page 26, 

line 11, and substituting the following:

	Sec. 42.3051.  USE OF REVENUE FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF 

COMPENSATION; ADDITIONAL STATE AID.  (a)  A school district shall 

use at least 50 percent of all state and local maintenance and 

operations revenue to provide compensation to classroom teachers, 

full-time librarians, full-time counselors certified under 

Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses.  For 

purposes of this subsection, "compensation" includes salary, 

benefits, incentive payments, and other costs associated with 

professional staff compensation, as specified by commissioner 

rule.

	(b)  For the 2005-2006 school year, a school district shall 

ensure that average salaries provided to individuals listed in 

Subsection (a) are increased by the greater of:

		(1)  $2,000 per year; or                                               

		(2)  the average amount that can be provided using 44 

percent of the amount by which the district's maintenance and 

operations revenue for the 2005-2006 school year exceeds the amount 

of the district's maintenance and operations revenue for the 

2004-2005 school year, not to exceed $3,000 per year.

	(c)  A school district that paid employees an additional 

amount during each of the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school years to 

compensate for reductions made in the health coverage or 

compensation supplementation provided by former Article 3.50-8, 

Insurance Code, may apply to the commissioner for authority to 

provide a lesser average salary increase than the amount otherwise 

required by Subsection (b), to the extent equitable considering the 

additional amount provided by the district during the 2003-2004 and 

2004-2005 school years.

	(d)  A school district, including a school district that is 

otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled 

to state aid in an amount, as determined by the commissioner, equal 

to the difference, if any, between:

		(1)  an amount equal to the product of $2,000 

multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, full-time 

librarians, full-time counselors certified under Subchapter B, 

Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by the district 

and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402; and

		(2)  the amount of additional funds to which the 

district is entitled as a result of HB 2, Acts of the 79th 

Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2005.

	(e)  A determination by the commissioner under this section 

is final and may not be appealed.

	(f)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this 

section.