By: Shapiro S.B. No. 482
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2005; February 22, 2005,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
March 21, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 21, 2005,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 482 By: Shapiro
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the retirement benefits payable to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as teacher
mentors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 824.602, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution:
(1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the
daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the
retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a
total of 90 days in the school year;
(2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for the month;
(3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time
basis, if the work occurs in not more than six months of a school
year that begins after the retiree's effective date of retirement;
(4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the
school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree;
(5) in a position as a classroom teacher on as much as
a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
824.202(a), is certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education
Code, to teach the subjects assigned, is teaching in an acute
shortage area as determined by the board of trustees of a school
district as provided by Subsection (m), and has been separated from
service with all public schools for at least 12 months;
(6) in a position as a principal, including as an
assistant principal, on as much as a full-time basis, if the retiree
has retired under Section 824.202(a) without reduction for
retirement at an early age, is certified under Subchapter B,
Chapter 21, Education Code, to serve as a principal, and has been
separated from service with all public schools for at least 12
months; [or]
(7) as a bus driver for a school district on as much as
a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
824.202(a); or
(8) in a position in which the primary responsibility
is as a mentor of other teachers, if the retiree:
(A) is certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21,
Education Code;
(B) taught in a public school for at least five
years; and
(C) has been separated from service with all
public schools for at least 12 months.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 824.602, Government
Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2005-2006
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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